The performance series represented an exploration of feminine rights of passage through live movement, sculptural costumes and film sequences.
    Four material elements were used as metaphors for each season:

The Dress of Sticks was constructed out of driftwood pieces that were wired together making a basket-like structure large enough to get inside.

The performance began with a street piece of a completely covered form that slowly undulated and moved steadily to the site where the dress structure (nest) was hung. The form climbed inside and later emerged to hoist the dress up and move it throughout the space.

In later performances, a second performing figure was added who was dressed in a green shritwaist dress from the 50s. She was the 'Water Bearer' who carried an oversized ceramic cup on her head.