SCRYING, a non-narrative performance Ballet, conceived and directed by New York based artist Jen DeNike and choreographed by Melissa Barak.

Inspired by Balanchine’s architectural form and structural movements, SCRYING emphasizes repetitive patterns and gestures translating the iconic ballerina image into an original score merging contemporary art and classical ballet.

Scrying is a magic practice that involves seeing things psychically usually in water, mirrors, or crystal for the purpose of obtaining spiritual visions, divination or seeing into the future. The performance itself becomes a vessel to transform, to create the architecture of a space into a medium space. Scrying premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in January of 2010 then traveled to the Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf in April 2010.