par-a-phrase : a site-specific screendance live installation
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par-a-phrase:brighton [Feb 2011]
My latest project is is a solo screendance live installation that investigates the notion of translation between text, the moving body and digital video. It focuses on the transformation of text into choreographic material. The choreographic qualities are then applied to the camera as a filmic strategy to produce this interdisciplinary piece.
Par-A-phrase is a site specific piece that explores the experience of a relationship through fragmentation. The joining of the parts / fragments create a sensorial experience based on the visual of dance and on the tactile of the video. Compressing time, space and movement through the senses, this piece explores translations between text, the moving body and digital video. Par-A-phrase focuses on the transformation of text into choreographic material, of choreographic qualities into filmic strategy, and of filmic qualities into another piece of choreography that explores what is excluded off the frame, in order to produce this interdisciplinary piece.
The première performance of par-a-phrase took place 25 and 26 February 2011 as part of Pieces to fit - a live-installation exhibition curated by Marina Tsartsara at the Nightingale Theatre. This instance of the piece consisted of two parts complementing each other: a screendance live installation and a dance live installation featuring dancer Soline Pillet.
The soundtrack for the piece was designed by sound artist Dalot (Maria Papadomanolaki).
Future dates
Par-a-phrase will continue to explore the relationship between public spaces, moving bodies and digital video in:
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Hastings ( Butler's Gap, George St
- Friday 20 May 2011 - 9.30 pm)
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Dover ( Bench St, CT16 1JW
- Saturday 21 May 2011 - 9 pm)
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St Leonards ( Wishing Tree Road North, Hollington
- Friday 27 May 2011 - 9.30 pm)
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Lewes
(date to be announced)
Local residents are invited to take part in the making of the performance by attending
free workshops
led by the artist. The aim of the workshops will be to create the video element of the installation for the performance.- Hollington Community Centre - Wednesday 11 & 18 May 2011 - times tbc
- Dover Library, Market Square - Thursday 12 May 2011 - 1 to 5 pm
NB: All performance events and workshops are free. Please contact me to book a workshop place.
