Commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of the 2010 Local Dance Commissioning Project, Affectations was created by Dance Box Theater co-artistic directors Laura Schandelmeier and Stephen Clapp with dance artist Ilana Faye Silverstein, installation artist Lorne Covington, and composer James Harkins.

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A dynamic dance theater performance that enlivens imagination and challenges assumptions. Created and performed by Laura Schandelmeier & Stephen Clapp, with Ilana Faye Silverstein, Mervin Primeaux, and installation artist Lorne Covington. The Loving Project: E-Race reflects Schandelmeier & Clapp's responses to the intersections between racism and the highly charged debate around same sex marriage. The work also features a virtual environment created by installation artist Lorne Covington in which the music and movement effect the projected visuals. The work is a dance/theater/music performance that explores interracial marriages and nontraditional partnerships through historical and present-day perspectives.