They Touch In Flood is a dance performance piece exploring themes of intimacy, sexuality, and relationships through movement and poetry. The performance uses abstract and interpretive dance set to original poetry exploring connections between partners and the physical acts of romantic love. It premiered in April 2009 at Butler University featuring eleven dancers bringing the poetry to life through their movements on stage.

1. They Touch In Flood Conceptualized & Choreographed By Tommy Lewey Directed By Michael Burke

2. Premiered April 10 – 11, 2009 At Butler University, Lilly Hall Studio Theatre 328

3. “ How do they do it, the ones who make love without love …”

4. “ How come the sun sets without you closing your eyes for sleep?”

5. “ How come I never had a body. A head or cock. Some lips or fingertips? Till I compared myself to you …”

6. “ The elephant, the huge old beast, is slow to mate…”

7. “ They do not snatch, they do not tear; their massive blood moves as the moon-tides, near, more near till they touch in flood”

8. “ slowly, slowly to rouse…”

9. “ i like you body. i like what it does…”

10. “ And eyes big love-crumbs…”

11. “… and possibly i like the thrill of under me you so quite new…”

12. Have you ever wished you’d been born a girl?

13. That’s one big advantage for being a boy, ‘cause girls can’t do that, you know.

14. Sure they can have babies, but only boys can have a penis stand up like that.

15. “ You fit into me…”

16. “… like a hook into an eye…”

17. “… a fish hook…”

18. “… an open eye…”

19. “ The interference of flesh…”

20. “… The noisy mess of flesh…”

21. “… And no end to this morning lay…”

22. “ Afterwards, when we have slept, paradise…”

23. “… By knowing him, I get to know the purity of the animal which mates for life …”

24. “… We are making love.”

26. Dancers Leslie Dodge Sarah Farnsley Michael Galloway Garret Glassman Rachel Jacobucci Kristi Kleine James Kopecky Lindsay Moncrieff Jamie Ripsky Kyle Schlaefer Aggie Schmank Emily Scott

27. They Touch In Flood