The Gates is a six part dance piece within the abandoned Boyce Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, NY. Flora creeping in through vacant windows is in mysterious contrast to the dry dust and gloom of the interior. Dancer Mariel Lugosch-Ecker’s choreography is seemingly elicited by doppelgangers and sudden realizations, evoking six elements of the psyche in relationship to six rooms of the derelict facility - symbol for the mind. Unsullied by decay, Lugosch-Ecker’s unique guttural refinement complicates themes of presence and resurrection. This laborious, eight-hour performance is cut to a lean 15 minutes by director Derrick Belcham and set to original instrumental composition by Skyler Skejelset (Fleet Foxes). The Gates is the most raw and demanding of the Pressur.es 10 dance film series.