S H E S H I

Upcoming Premiere at Kestrels

October 22-24, 2026

Brooklyn, NY

Ticket link coming soon

 
 
 

Sheshi is a playful approach to transmuting intergenerational trauma through dance. Rekindling reverence for elders, this duet between choreographer and interdisciplinary artist lily gold and her mother features sound design by artist dani derks, lighting by opal ingle, performances from both designers and surprise guest performers. Tuning to ancestral resilience and reviving parts lost to assimilation, their scores are transparent with tensions and explore family stories they’ve been told, as well as ones their bodies have begun to tell.

 
 
 

With our dynamics on display - and countless hours of 90s Jazz class stored in our cells - my mother and I meander through time, embracing back-handed humor and coaxing aggression out of exile. Helped by science fiction, outdated pop culture, Lilith, and you, we traverse varying shades of honesty, offering up our intimacies for resonance.

 

Sheshi is a big thank you - that has demanded the most patience - and we’re excited to share this with you.

 
 

program credits

lily gold - choreographer, performer

Sheri Gold - performer

dani derks - sound design, performer

opal ingle - lighting design, performer

+ guests

 
 
 

collaborator bios

Sheri is honored and excited to be in lily’s world of dance and creativity. It is a challenging, thrilling, learning and loving experience. Sheri finds satisfaction and inspiration in her work as a psychotherapist, caring for her plants and home, practicing Latin dance, and deepening connection with friends and family. She lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY with her husband, Robert, a loving source of support and admiration.

dani derks is part of the day-to-day operations at monome in upstate NY and a member of the extended universe of whimsical raps -- dani assembles instruments and creates documentation for ways to engage with them. Their personal projects are centered on coding through improvisation, creating their own environments for playful and exploratory music performance gestures.

opal ingle is a trans artist and the founder of Opal’s Flowers, a small flower farm project growing on a parcel of land called Velvethorn Kinship in Walton, NY. Their aim is to participate in regenerative growing practices and be a responsible steward of the land, in community. Some of their current creative practices involve communing with trees, growing and arranging flowers and writing queer speculative fiction. as a performer they have collaborated with Heather Kravas, Tere O'Connor, Neil Greenberg, among others.

 

In Progress:

 
 

Chocolate Factory Theater

Long Island City, NY

September 20, 2025

 

Sundays on Broadway

New York, NY

November 23, 2025