symbiosis
Inspired my tango lessons in Argentina, mating rat snakes, flocks of sterlings, and schools of silver fish, this collaborative performance featured organ music, tango, installation and costume design that highlighted the responsiveness involved in social dance and collective animal behavior.
The set and costumes were created from hand cut paper, vellum, and mirror mylar with the assistance of artist, Katrina Shoewe and Andrew Burkitt. It also featured original tango compositions by musician T.S. Woodward and performances by Frances Torres, Fuad Elhage, Christie Moody, Dorian Zevos, Maggie Malone, and A.J. Wheeler. March 22, 2013
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Taking cues from systems evident in nature, this performance draws parallels between human intimacy and forms of interdependence in the natural world. Relying heavily on intuition, the musician and dancers were free to create their own elements of the production, before coming together for a set of three ten minute performances. These dances were not choreographed and the music, a loosely written tango, changed each time it was played, making each performance, like all forms of social dance, a unique experiment in spontaneous synchronization.