Preview: Forklift Dance Danceworks: The Trash Project at Austin Studios Tarmac

The dancers? Twenty-five City of Austin Solid Waste service workers, performing numbers that incorporate the various trucks they typically use to keep the city clean. Orr’s goal? “To make visible aspects of daily life which are often invisible.” Yeah, that and helping us all to see beauty where we might not otherwise think to look for it.

The fifteen vehicles that will be partnered with the dancers include rear-loading trash trucks, a crane, and a bucket truck. Noted Austin designer Stephen Pruitt, experienced in large-scale outdoor productions, is directing lighting and set design while Graham Reynolds, award-winning musician and composer, is creating an original musical score. Graham's score will incorporate samples of the Solid Waste machinery and the performance will feature a live trio of piano, violin, and cello.