Melanie Greene / Methods of Perception

Dear Patreons, 

the Sapphire Universe is a multi-disciplinary dance-based odyssey pushing visceral, super-sonic modalities into sensorial non-fiction fantasies. Through a variety of artistic mediums, the Sapphire Universe shares the journey of a time traveling golden goddess moving through moments that police and celebrate the essence and experience of Black women in the United States. Told through an Afro-futuristic lens, non-linear narratives display humanity canvassed in an evolving constellation of identity. It pulsates through the objectified, the dehumanized, the powerful, and the magical. Sapphire is a reflection to see you and see through you...a vessel of celestial intimacy, love, ferocity, grief, and audacity.

the Sapphire Universe consists of three essential components: 

• Journey of Sapphire, a performance experience
• Sapphire Chronicles, a graphic novel
• Sapphire Listening Lounge, a movement lab

Join the Journey
Patreons of the Sapphire Universe help build a sustainable financial platform to support the compensation for:

• Collaborators  
• Materials
• Production 

Patreons have exclusive access to: 

• Story and Illustration Sneak Peeks
• Access to first published copies of Sapphire Chronicles 
• Exclusive video clips
• Other fun nuggets to whet your appetite 

There are different tiers available to reflect different capacities of support. It's up to you! Each tier has access to the all content mentioned above.  


More about Me
I’m a dance artist and writer curating bodies in flux--putting on and peeling off external stories that seep from internal narratives. I’m a womanist, instigator, friend, sister, daughter. My work smells like delicious pomegranates and body sweat wrapped in fuzzy naked flesh and lacy garter belts. I conjure non-fiction fantasies and super woman truths. I feed your mind and massage your focus. Consider what you see by confronting what you don’t see, and know I see you, seeing me, re-imagining how we see together. Together, activating molecules that resist erasing supple curves and fat thighs. I’m curious about patience and wrestling with the uncomfortable. I wriggle in my Black female body, Southern belle Brooklynite consciousness, and hybrid dance aesthetic. I’m happy to leave spaces drenched in racist rhetoric and historical erasure, yet hold a special place for biscuits, country ham, and collard greens.

Bio 
Taking on the world through a curious lens, I’m no stranger to swirling on the edge of impossible, swimming in the sea of the minority. A 2017 Bessie Award recipient for Outstanding Performance with The Skeleton Architecture, I’ve presented dance work throughout New York City and abroad. I’ve received generous support from MANCC, Marble House Project, Brooklyn Studios for Dance, Bogliasco Fellowship, Gibney Dance, New York Live Arts, Actors Fund Summer Push Grant, Brooklyn Arts Council, and Dancing While Black Fellowship. I’m a proud alumna of EmergeNYC for activist performance, and have performed with/for sheros Sydnie L. Mosley, Paloma McGregor, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Coco Karol, and Dancenoise. When not dancing, I enjoy writing about dance. I have contributed written works to The Dance Enthusiast, Dance Magazine, and my personal blog. Currently, I am a co-host of The Dance Union podcast, and Movement Research Artist in Residence. Stay tuned. www.methodsofperception.com