Heroic Burlesque
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, 1998
        
        
      
          
        
        
      
          
        
        
      
          
        
        
      
    As she performs, Volitia reveals her own double nature, characterized by an exultant pomp (the inevitable turn toward arabesque) and a humble awareness of her own base, unevolved, clown self.