Blog Week 7 (Sky Christoph)

Mira, Nick, Olivia, and Steve:
This might be a stretch but it feels connected for a couple reasons. First off, the way Olivia broke down movements into a few basic steps made me think of the way this really only highlights specific key moments of movement to emphasize them, leading the audience to believe something that is physically impossible. Also, Steve's small jerks of motion with the kick drums (if I remember that right) reminded me of this, as if the movement is being prompted by the light, or the performer is "caught" within that abrupt change, either in sonics or light.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/dance/100000002944572/learning-to-fly.html

Christopher, Hannah, Maya and Tessa:
You literally only see it from 0:31-0:33 ish, but the way that the performers in this are trapped within the plastic is something that comes to mind with the way you guys talked about filling the ground with trash and almost getting trapped in it, like Hannah was the plastic and Maya was the people in this case. They also have a beautiful sequence where feathers are thrown around and literally cover the stage. It's a joyous scene, but I think similar imagery with trash could serve well to make it far less positive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8AM-_KASr0
(I also just realized somebody recommended this performance for other reasons to another group, but I'm going to leave it because I think it's still relevant)

Aislinn, Bradley, Joey, and Nick:
Speaking on the idea of creating zones for people to move towards, or barriers that people need to find their way around, I thought of Richard Serra's Tilted Arc. It's a site-specific sculpture that was very hotly contested and went on trial, and video I linked includes excerpts from the trials. I thought of it because it was made to seem like it was about to fall, purposefully creating a feeling of unease, and also acted as a massive barrier that people would have to walk around in order to get past it. It was removed four years after it went up.
https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/richard-serra-on-trial-for-tilted-arc/