Inspired in part by the career of American modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis, Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is an evening-length work by the Los Angeles-based choreographer and dancer Lionel Popkin, performed to a live score created by avant-garde accordionist Guy Klucevsek with Sara Parkins on violin. St. Denis was famed for her lavish “Oriental” dances built from her fascination with Eastern cultures and a love of elaborate costuming. This legacy allows Popkin—who is half Jewish and half Indian—to playfully wrestle with his own uncertainties and awkwardness with representations of South Asia. With wit, piles of fabric, a microphone, three dancers, two musicians, and a leaf blower, Lionel Popkin addresses acts of cultural sourcing, representation and transmission and asks: Can a century of perspective help a contemporary choreographer reach his own point of equilibrium?