Blog Post #4

Bradley, Aislinn, Joey and Nick- The aesthetic feeling of your performance reminded me of an exhibit/ambience experience, especially with how dark the environment was in relation to your lighting explorations. It reminded me of a project I was able to see in California by a troupe of engineers, programmers designers, animators and mathematicians under the name of teamlab. They do a fantastic job at creating an entirely new atmosphere in black space using lights, color and ambience.

https://www.teamlab.art/e/living_digital_space/

Ariel, Inés, Nick, Sky and Geoff- I love how Ariel plays with a prop that delivers sonic qualities- it gives a specific agency to a performer when they can make sounds and movement within the same sphere. It’s beautiful how influenced all the musicians are by the trajectory of Ariel’s movement, and a relationship between the musician and the dancer (which should always be established and valued in a performance setting) makes me think of the dynamic improvised sets between tap dancers and jazz musicians. This duet of Hiromi Uehara (piano) and Kazunori Kumagai (tap) in particular is really interesting to me and is reminiscent of the power that comes from metal. 

Maya, Hannah, Tessa and Christopher- I love the physically direct relationship between Hannah and Maya, which reminded me of the relationship in this DV8 performance- there is a similar exertion of expression and influence/authority, where each individual has a different balance of both qualities. 

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