Associate Professor Dr. Jill Flanders Crosby of the University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Theatre and Dance received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (The National Choreography Initiative) to bring nationally recognized director/choreographer Brian Jeffery of Chicago to Alaska. In collaboration with community partners from Anchorage, Fairbanks and Homer, Jeffery has directed a project of site-specific movement based performances, which interpret the stories of five critical landscapes in diverse Alaskan communities.

LOOK AGAIN pioneers the development of dance in Alaska as a resource to critical contemporary discussion on site-specific art. We believe that the six selected sites: Ship Creek, Coastal Trail, Mud Flats, 5th Ave & C Street Lot in Anchorage, Chatanika Gold Dredge in Fairbanks and Bishop's Beach in Homer, have all experienced critical states of transition. Whether affected by natural ecological erosion, industrialization or urban reclamation, these histories become visible as evidenced in the scars remaining on the landscapes. Referencing and interpreting industrial history, environmental evaluation, ecological impacts and aesthetic significance, this project invites multi-layered query and proposes different stories for each particular site.

The creators of the LOOK AGAIN Project have teamed with artists, historians, architects, scholars, writers, and performers to develop a multi-disciplinary experience. Incorporating dance and installation into the Alaskan landscape with related lectures, presentations and performances, suggests a constellation of perceptions, a reservoir of many stories and simultaneous truths. Also implicated in this project are design and the landscape, revisionist storytelling and dance as mediator for contrasting perspectives.