Bunhead's Back! (1998) 12 minutes DANCER: Melissa Rodnon PIANO: Jeffrey Middleton A comic and poignant portrait of a ballerina whose head is screwed on backwards. The audience follows the character, who wears a mask on the back of her head, as she struggles through a series of Degas-inspired poses, a ballet barre, an audition, her debut performance, and post-performance let-down. The music, played by pianist Jeffrey Middleton, is a montage of tunes by Ponchielli, Chopin, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky. "hilarious" –Paula Citron, Globe and Mail "an uncomfortably poignant undertow" –Michael Crabb, Canada's National Post "Degas's statue of a little dancer comes to horrid life in 'Bunhead's Back!;' Melissa Rodnon wears a worried mask (by Joshua Blaker) on the back of her head and a wig over her face. Walking in splayed fourth position, she's a travesty of the discipline-stiffened student (she has a magnificent "back bend" but trouble leaning forward)." –Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice