In honor of my beloved Abby, whose beauty rested in that rare place between dog and wolf.

Taking its title from a French idiom, between dog and wolf, reveals the internal and external conflicts that come from clouded perceptions and opposing truths. A meditation on the elusive nature of reality, the work asks audiences to consider personal, nuanced proclivities and the ways our eyes and hearts can deceive us.

Choreography by George Staib in collaboration with the artists
Lighting Designer & Set Designer, Gregory Catellier
Sound Designer & Composer, Ben Coleman
Dramaturg, Leah Cox
Costume Styling, Company Artists
Company Artists, Anna Bracewell, Lilia Cardosi, Julianna Feracota, Faith Fidgeon, Andie Knudson, Madison Lee, Cailan Orn, Mia Shocket
Voiceover, Agnès Miller-Landers
Ethnographer, Debra Vidali
Stage Manager, Thales Lathrop

The people of flow and god, imagined they existed between dog and wolf. They burn through the floor – revealing their love for each other. They are inseparable beings, supportive, in a pack. You blink and their union turns to revulsion. A crumb of fear and doubt blooms like mold. There is a pack leader – or are there 2 leaders? Or 3? Feral edges and urgent pacing, interrupted and pushed against. Is this devotion? There is a will to not close the space of connection. In this shelter – a place of refuge. No roof, walls or windows. Here, we rehearse our arrival to a home, and a shelter that is not there.

Excerpted from Debra Vidali, 2025
chronicles between dog and wolf.

staibdance would like to offer special thanks to:
Melissa Foulger, DramaTech Theatre artistic director for her generous spirit and vision
Emma Faulker
Kristin O’Neal
Mary Lynn Owen 
Kendall Simpson
and the staibdance Board of Directors

Thank you to Atlanta Dance Medicine, the official physical therapy provider of staibdance.

between dog and wolf is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, AEC Trust, The Imlay Foundation and the Glustrom Family Foundation.