On May 5th we shared a work-in-progress showing of The Floating City at Dance Union. Here are some photos by Ryan Bourque. Performance by Diana Deaver, Kristina Isabelle and Jessie Young. Set Design by Grant Sabin. Lights by Julie Ballard
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I performed The Floating City (solo draft work) at the Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival Oct. 5, 2012. Here's a link to the show's preview in the Chicago Reader and the review in See Chicago Dance both written by Laura Molzahn. [gallery ids="1388,1387,1386,1385,1384,1381"]
Preview:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/harvest-chicago-contemporary-dance-festival-at-ruth-page/Content?oid=7567622
Review:
http://seechicagodance.com/company/634?show_reviews#review-1157
Photos: Craig Bortmas
Longing ahead, looking back.
Shifting forward with a blast from the past
The past comes in and defines us
Either with a reaction or an interpretation
A memory of how to behave
I don’t want to be defined by looking back
It is now
It is in front of me
To shape these thorny thoughts into a form
A structure of sense
Too many images
Too many moments
What is this transition?
This changing landscape
The evolution of place
Maybe I need to go into the past to spring ahead
I am ahead
I am here
Longing Ahead, Looking Back
This writing / poem inspired the work Longing Ahead, Looking Back. A piece made in response to the Bicentennial celebration of Columbus. With support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
Premiered Dec. 12-13, 2012 at The McConnell Arts Center.
Three Minute Portions This is from a 2005 interview for a performance entitled Three Minute Portions. We performed an excerpt from Da D-Arp. Click the link above to see the video.
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Da D-Arp
Choreography: Kristina Isabelle
Performers: Jeff Fouch, Jessica Gore, Kristina Isabelle, Zoe Rabinowitz
Performed at Sullivant Hall
Photos: Brian Hockensmith www.bhockensmith.com
Ryan Bourque came and to our rehearsal and took some fabulous photographs that I'd like to share. Dancers: Diana Deaver, Kristina Isabelle, Kalin Morrow, Angela Patmon, Jessie Young
Photographed at Outerspace
To see more of Ryan's work check out his blog: www. kungfubicycle.wordpress.com
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We are working on The Floating City and this was the first rehearsal when everyone was there in a while. It felt great to watch talented artists embodying not only my phrase work but actually making it better by adding in their own personal stories.
Themes we explored:
Pulleys - (more about that in another post)
Slowing down the brain / reflection
Drama/ storyness in the body
Place in the body - a landscape we can see or feel
Textured body
A body going through something - a story passing through the body
Unveil and Reveal
Floating on a boat / waves hitting at different directions
Saturday March 9, 2013 we performed two shows in the Palm House of the Franklin Park Conservatory for the opening of the Blooms & Butterflies. The theme was Brazilian Carnival so we put on a fabulous family friendly production that included dance, stilts, hoops and trapeze. By the end of the show everyone was up dancing with us.
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Performers: Jeff Fouch, Kristina Isabelle, Eric Falck, Lindsay Nova Calvert, Cate Owens, Jessica Minshall and Noah Rogers.
TO SEE VIDEO EXCERPTS click link below:
Excerpts of Blooms & Butterfly show
This Phillip Roth quote is still resonating with me as I prepare the Draft solo Work version of this piece.