[A book of essays can be a] constellation. Individual pieces shine like stars, but to see the whole project as a unified thing requires a mythology. You need faith to make out a shape around all those dots of light, to believe in the bear or the swan.
— Ben Greenman

I began to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression
but about creative engagement with the world.
— Ayad Akhtar

compass

Constellation Moving Company is a multi-disciplinary movement theater of ideas.

Constellation Moving Company is all about making stuff together and sharing the stuff we make.

Constellation Moving Company is a project-based collective specializing in performance assemblages that combine elements of aerial acrobatics, dance, music, text, and video.

Constellation Moving Company strives to expand the creative potential of aerial work by exploring complex themes and narratives; activating the full range of our faculties with a mix of intellectual stimulation, emotional resonance, and physical dynamism.  

Constellation Moving Company coalesced in 2010 (ish) as a vehicle for creation that materializes when it’s needed, calling upon a recurring yet fluid team of fabulous mutants. After a hiatus in 2020, it re-emerged in 2025, getting the gang back together for one last job…or just another beginning?

FOUNDING members

Founder/Artistic Director:

for bio see Constellation Moving

LORI BARBER

Associate Director

COLLABORATING ARTISTS AND TEAM ALL-STARS have included

Michelle Arvin, Medea Exogiinos, Summer Lacy, Lisa Natoli, Leah Newcomb, Mariana Plick, Kendall Rileigh, Susan Voyticky, Craig Whitehouse, Sarah Wollschlager and many more

We are a constellation of lights in shifting patterns.

look up

there are points of light in the sky

what patterns can you see?

moving your perspective turns the kaleidoscope

layers new patterns attached to different stories

i see orbiting bodies

i see gravity, and defiance of gravity

no, not defiance, working with not against

gravity is our friend

that’s how we come together

interlacing our dances

sharing electrons (oh wait, that’s another force)