Love Me If You Dare is a dance theater piece that dives into the intimidating nature of being loved and the brave act of loving others by creating surreal worlds on stage. Going through periods of terrifying loneliness, to flirtatious romance, to a grandiose elation, to finally “pure love”, a theatrical rendition of love is expressed through movements, props, costume, and elaborate lighting design. It is inspired by Dostoevsky’s succinct postulation, “love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed and in the sight of all… But active love is labor and fortitude, and for some people too, perhaps, a complete science.”