Nearer is a quartet choreographed by Peter Kyle and features an original percussion and keyboard score by Brad Wentworth. The dancers are Christina Amendolia, Sumi Clements, Dylan Crossman and Peter Kyle. Music is performed live by Wentworth and Ken Pierson. Lighting design by Jeremy Winchester. Costumes by Elizabeth Payne. Nearer was premiered at Joyce SoHo in New York City on April 21, 2007, and has also been performed at 92Y, Wesleyan University, and in excerpted form at Built on Stilts on Martha's Vineyard, and at Chez Bushwick's Salon.