Works
Shearer depicted both spiritual visions and human foible in her works which were mostly solo pieces. She created "Let the Heavens Open That the Earth May Shine" in 1947 which celebrated spiritual ideals. "In a Vacuum" (1941) explored earthly problems and portrayed an assembly-line worker with physically demanding but unrelated movements that suggested dehumanization. Shearer created "Once Upon a Time" in 1951 which was a suite of solos for fantastically named characters. Thus Medmiga was an ominous witch, Yanchi was fey, Relluckus was woebegone and Ziff fluttered aimlessly. Shearer also choreographed group works, among them "Fables and Proverbs" (1961) and "The Reflection in the Puddle Is Mine" (1963).
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