An interfacing between continuity and rupture in the articulation of identity can be seen in Zollar's Shelter, which comments on homelessness and is an outstanding example of Zollar's sense of the imperative connectivity between art and life. Zollar starts with the specific--an African-American woman on the streets of New York City--and broadens the focus of the piece to embrace a more global perspective. The strong, driven movement is supported by readings of poetry by Hattie Gosset and Laurie Carlos. The piece is performed to a script that tells of a homeless woman who sits on a piece of cardboard on the street, striking a discordant note on the pavement of the plush Upper East Side of Manhattan. The dancers' movement is characterized by quick, sharp motions--glances from side to side, as if they are watching out for some attacker. Their movements become increasingly frantic as the narrator's voice rises to a crescendo in describing life "at the intersection of reduced resources and reverberating rage." [video clip]