I have not participated in any collaborative work lately. However, the video below would be an example of something I would like to tackle where the musician is not only playing music but is part of the performance and is in conversation with the dancer n more ways than one. This video is an excerpt from "With Care," a piece by Bobbi Jene Smith in collaboration with Keir GoGwilt.
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Ariel Vidrio Blog 1
At the moment, I am currently interested in improvisation as a practice and a means for performance. I think about the various conversations going on in the room such as me in relation to the space, other bodies, and the music. My main focus right now is to stick to one idea or fantasy for a long time and to find pleasure from that. Below is a video of me improvising.
I have not participated in any collaborative work lately. However, the video below would be an example of something I would like to tackle where the musician is not only playing music but is part of the performance and is in conversation with the dancer n more ways than one. This video is an excerpt from "With Care," a piece by Bobbi Jene Smith in collaboration with Keir GoGwilt.
I have not participated in any collaborative work lately. However, the video below would be an example of something I would like to tackle where the musician is not only playing music but is part of the performance and is in conversation with the dancer n more ways than one. This video is an excerpt from "With Care," a piece by Bobbi Jene Smith in collaboration with Keir GoGwilt.
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I like your interest in thoroughly exploring one idea for a length of time. It mirrors my own musical practices where I tend to write music with a more ambient feel. Coupling music and dance that both do a deep dive into a particular idea or emotion seems to me like it would create an incredibly immersive, potentially meditative performance. In so doing, I imagine the audience would be more receptive to the ideas expressed by the performers.
ReplyDeleteThe flow you have in your improv is so captivating! Thanks so much for sharing that. I really love what you said about keeping focusing on one idea and staying in that for a while. Relating that idea to improv, I think it's especially easy to just move on to the next idea and having a more focused approach could be captivating towards an audience.
ReplyDeleteWe talked about musicians being in the work visually on Tuesday, and I think that is a great idea! I would to try that out and even consider movement and challenge how instruments can be more integrated into the visual aspects of a project rather that just audio.
I love how you can hang in one part of the score for a while, you have always been so beautiful to watch :') Improvisation as a mode for performance is really interesting to me too. I would love to experience a live dialogue with music as improvising is happening.
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DeleteI love your style of movement: it's very visceral and rhythmic and pairs so well with the music. I can really see you're physical entrainment with the different rhythms of the song and it's so cool. Then the second piece... There's kind of a juxtaposition or disconnect between what I'm hearing and what I'm seeing which is both so confusing and powerful. I want to know what causes those kinds of movements to be paired with the music, so interesting.
ReplyDeleteI'm such a fan of your improv! Also with that second video, having the musicians right beside the dancers is so powerful, I'd love to see how they actually work together, since it felt so separated in the trailer. Having quick jarring movements while the music slowly ambles along definitely creates a haunting image.
ReplyDeleteI think it'd be super interesting to have a collaboration of a couple of dancers. Especially with improvised music.
ReplyDeleteI think your dance is great, I like how you switch between rapid changes in position and more slow, methodical small movements while keeping most of your body still. I'm really curious about how to improvise together! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteYour improvisation was really compelling! I especially liked the way you chose to isolate certain body parts and movements toward the beginning and then elaborated on them. Thank you for sharing some of your creative process as well. It was really interesting to hear how you think about the space and bodies in relation to each other. I especially liked the way you chose to isolate certain body parts and movements toward the beginning and then elaborated on them.
ReplyDeleteYour second video really resonated with me because in my studies of opera isolation of different types of performers is common. Instrumental musicians, singers, set designers, artists, and other roles are general thought of as completely separate entities from one another. I think exploring how people of different skill sets can create in the same space is really cool and I am sure will be especially complimentary to the subject of protest.
Your focus and intent when you dance is something I've always admired. It always looks like you have a clear scheme unfolding in your mind. In Bobbi's piece, the image of the violinist with one hand on her hip while the other hand bowed really drew me in. There was something haunting about it (the audio probably influenced this feeling too).
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the second one for potential to collaborate. As an instrumentalist, I'm instructed to hold myself in a very particular way but then you get artists like Lindsey Stirling who are flipping around and playing at the same time. I can see your flow being very idiomatic to a string player like me.
ReplyDeleteDarn, I wish I could see the full video of the second performance. The glimpses of interaction between the musicians and dancers we see show so much potential. In your improvised performance, I really appreciate the way that you develop a repertoire of movement and gesture that seems to move around and through your body, first in the head, then the right arm, then both arms, then the torso and whole body—as if we can see a spirit gradually occupying you. It certainly suits the raw and emotional quality of the music.
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