The Barefoot Collective will be holding its second annual “Footfalls” event Nov. 12 and 13, and will be sharing new works by two co-directors of the dance group, Katie Stricker and Stephanie Kriege Pederson.

Stricker joined the Barefoot Collective in July 2008, the year of its inception, and the collective is now starting its second year. “Steph is a tertiary artist, and is at times with the collective but has become a co-director with myself and three others in June of this year,” Stricker said.

The group has five co-directors, because they use the group decision-making process to put shows together and for community outreach purposes.

According to Stricker, they had the idea to produce a dance show together last fall and the turnout was so great they decided to bring it back again.

“It’s an evening of dance and performance and it definitely varies from time to time. The first time, we did a half-hour long performance of our dances. This time, we have our own pieces in the show and a vaudevillian company too. The musician who did the sound score for my piece will be playing at the pre-show,” Stricker said.

The musician taking part in this year’s “Footfalls” is Gary Lappier, who plays primarily electric guitar, but also composed other music for the piece, which includes multiple guitars, bass and piano, each separately recorded then looped together for the final musical piece.

The first of the two parts in this year’s dance collaboration is Pederson’s  “Quarters,” which is set in an apartment building, and features three freestanding doors and door frames on casters, which allow the doors to open and close. Depending upon where audience members are seated, the viewer will either see the apartment from the inside or outside.

“It’s a moving quarters, and it shows the relationships of all people and how they connect with each other. Steph is creating original music for it, (French horn and keyboard) and some of her father Gary Kriege’s own music. He is a trumpet player,” Stricker added.

 “The Real Me” is Stricker’s contribution to the dance event, and it is a piece that she and her dancers created together. “I asked them to journal about beautiful or exciting things they love about their lives or to create a new persona for themselves, or re-write history about things in a character’s life. Even if it’s based on themselves they’ve augmented things. Each of these characters introduces themselves to each other and the audience, they look outward to the audience and ask who are you,” she affirmed.

The event pre-show will take place as people are arriving. Lappier will set up there and start about 20 minutes before the event at 7:40 p.m. There will not be food, but the Barefoot Collective will give attendants the opportunity to buy concessions at intermission, of both the healthy and sweet tooth varieties. There will also be hot chocolate and hot tea at table to warm hands and bodies during the chilly autumn nights.

“Footfalls” will be take place Nov. 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. in the Jan Collum Ballroom of Tacoma City Ballet in the Merlino Art Center, located at 508 6th Avenue. The show is suitable for people ages 7 years old and over. Tickets are $12-$15 and can be purchased at the door or through Brown Paper Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, call (253) 304-5200 or visit www.barefootcollective.org.