UNEARTHED PERFORMANCE with Corrie Befort: The inversions
January 29, 2027 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
On Friday and Saturday, January 29-30, join the museum and Corrie Befort for a newly created dance performance in response to Jim Hodges’ Unearthed.
UNEARTHED PERFORMANCE with Corrie Befort: The inversions
Doors open 5:00pm (please arrive early to explore and find a seat)
Performance 5:30-6:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
RSVP link forthcoming
Jim Hodges’ Unearthed is a monumental bronze cast of an uprooted tree stump. The truncated form resonates with majesty while also serving as a mournful reminder of humankind’s impact upon the natural world. It has been displayed only once before, in 2019 in Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, where it was accompanied by rites of faith, musical performances, and readings, as well as by a community’s presence, participation, and social interaction. Unearthed has its second residency at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University in 2026-27, including a special performance series including music, readings, and dance.
On January 29 and 30th choreographer Corrie Befort responds to Jim Hodges’ Unearthed with a newly created dance, The inversions. The circling and cycling dance is a gradually formed network of signals; messages of love, warning, endurance. With music by sound artist Jason E Anderson, The inversions intertwines celebrated professional dancers with beloved community elders from the Palouse Dance for Parkinson’s+ Program.
Free and open to the public. Please RSVP to one of the two performances to reserve your spot.
About the Choreographer | Corrie Befort is a dancer and intermedia artist, translating sensation-based ideas into performances, films, objects, sets and inclusive pedagogy. Formerly based out of Seattle and Tokyo/Yokohama and performing internationally, she currently works from the Palouse in Eastern Washington.
Dancers joining Corrie in The inversions are Hannah Turner (Spokane/Moscow) and Deena Goodgold (Chicago/Moscow), both seen recently through Befort’s Loess performances.
The inversions is a 2026 recipient of the Bowen Award for Inclusive Choreography.
Palouse Dance for Parkinson’s+ is a Moscow Contemporary program with weekly classes in multiple locations, supported by NW Parkinson’s Foundation, Stepping Stones, and the Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation.
Image | Courtesy of Olivia Alvarez
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way and most Green lots on campus are free after 5pm and on weekends. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page.
