This dance piece is a commentary on growth and resilience. 'Fences' is a conversation about the perceived comfort of our own confinement. We are socialized with the idea to develop to our full potential. However, to accomplish this we must fulfil the blueprint created for us. This detailed plan, created by society, promises emotional and financial security and happiness. The plan is almost foolproof, except that it does not consider race, religion, gender identities, ethnicity, and other "complexities" of being a human. The space within the fence becomes the playground for any individual that does not fit the heteronormative, white narrative. Shaktiflow explores these ideas both in the macro sense, but also as women. The dancers themselves illustrate and consider the varied race/ethnicity, age, social and economic class between them. There is an interplay of relationships felt in the backstory of each character, as well. As each dancer steps forward and into center focus, there is a new layer of the conversation that unravels before us. In actuality, the true conversation is felt in between the movements. The conversation that true imprisonment is not only what is placed upon us by society, but what has been deeply seeded within our own minds. It is here that we meet our true fear, the idea of worthiness. It is our perceived limitations that keep us within this playground. We are choosing to remain confined, rather than break free and truly grow beyond what has been prewritten for us as the "way to be". Fences is a commentary on our idea of comfort. We tell ourselves we are comfortable, even when we sense discomfort. We yearn for growth but are not willing to take steps to bravely seek assistance to work own our limitations. We say we are not afraid to confront our fears, but every day we repeat the pattern laid out for us, so we never have to see what is outside this fence.