Sydney heard the woman scream in the alley. Her boyfriend said it was more of a yelp than a
scream. He told her to calm down. But how do you calm down when you hear someone being
hurt? While they bickered over the meaning of words, Sydney heard a man call the woman a
bitch, the woman cry as if struck, the man tell the woman to get up and stop causing a scene, the
woman say ‘ow,’ weakly, then silence. By the time Sydney got to the window, there was no
woman in the alley, no man, no evidence of a crime, nothing to call the police about. By the time
Sydney got to the window, she knew her boyfriend wasn’t the one, that this would be their last
night together, perhaps her last night with anyone. By the time Sydney got to the window, she
knew that the price of being right is often being alone.
Up Next in The Furies - Season 1
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The Furies: Hannah (S1, E4)
Hannah’s stomach is in knots. Maybe it’s because her youngest daughter hasn’t slept in three
weeks. Maybe it’s because Hannah hasn’t slept in six. Yes. So perhaps it’s because she’s tired,
and there’s barely enough time to drop off her eldest at school and then her youngest at daycare
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The Furies: Elle (S1, E5)
The Furies is a series of five dance films that explore how social prohibitions against female anger limit self-actualization for women.
// CAST //
Elle // Jess Duffy
// CREW //
Director // Jessica King
E1 & E2 Choreographer // Erin Kilmurray
E3 Choreographer // Kaitlin Webster
E4 &am...
