ABSTRACT
An image is divided into two horizontal rows, inviting viewers to observe the content in the first half before continuing into the second. The inclusion of imagery from The Office, a television show with continued popularity, asks viewers to draw on their pop cultural knowledge; moreover, as an oft-referenced phenomenon on social media, The Office imagery prompts recognition of Internet vocabularies, repurposing popular references within new contexts. Felden Krisis’s memes, then, function as politicized critiques wherein relationships between text, image, and body investigate persistent inequities in contemporary dance. On a literal level, this meme series addresses generational difference wherein the “Parents” express a desire for a secure, conventional family structure, whereas “Me” reveals alternative concerns. Although the Trad Girl and Yes Chad are popular across the Internet, Felden Krisis’s memes connect these images with a perceived political and generational fracture in contemporary dance communities.
