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| Leah Ragan in "As Vines We Walk Along the Path ..." Photo by Alberto Leopizzi |
Inspired by the FAC's spring project exploring the theme of Families, Ormao Dance Company has commissioned four guest choreographers to create original work considering the many potential definitions of the timeless and complex topic of family, performing April 12-14 in our SaGāJi Theatre.
“Atmosphere”
Choreographer: Tsui-Shuang Lai
Family.
Sometimes it can be a microcosm of society. There
are moments within a home of harmony amongst differences, but there can also be
estrangement and suspicion ... A family that appears perfect on the
outside may not know each other's inner world and the inconsistencies of each
individual's external presentation and their true feelings. Perhaps if these
inconsistencies were revealed, suspicion and jealousy would not exist.
“Rehearsal for
the Aftermath”
Choreographer: Mollie Wolf
This piece explores a family and an individual as
they journey through grief. The loss, confusion, forgetfulness, anger, despair,
and the power of a collective support system leads to the eventual calm of
acceptance. Wolf collaborates with San Francisco-based digital composer, Albert
Mathias and Denver-based video artist, John Regalado. Together they employ
distorted video, fragmented text, and vibrational soundscape along side
physical dance to create the depths of the dampened, heavy silence of an
aftermath, which blends so unpredictably into the roller coaster of grief.
“As Vines, We
Walk Along the Path...”
Choreographer: Chung-Fu
Chang
"Recipes Process"
is a choreographic procedure that draws an inspiration from family recipes of
making foods. Culinary cultural is a big part in Taiwan, we socialize
with families and friends very often with food on the table. Each region
in Taiwan and each family makes dishes that have their own character, flavor
and texture with individual family’s touch; a common theme in all cultures.
Recipes are an oral culture similar to dance, meaning the art form is passed down
through generations of people, teachers and masters who instruct and verbally
communicate the art forms and movements in his/her presence. Chang
interacts with the dance artists to develop a theme, movement vocabulary and
create an original dance work. The dance work is not necessarily about
the foods or cuisines, but it is about sharing your family stories, cultures
and oral tradition with others.
“the way it
may be”
Choreographer: Jeff Bickford
A
'fairy tale' series of images and events. Different ages, different
personas living inside of us, appearing and disappearing like the phases of the
moon. This is not a narrative, there is nothing to 'get' beyond what you
experience, and your experience is determined by what persona you are in at the
moment. I never know what a piece is 'about', it starts with a visual
image that comes with a certain feeling, then unfolds - I choreograph to find
out what the Muse is pointing to.
Friday, Apr. 12, 7:30p | Saturday, Apr. 13, 7:30p | Sunday Apr. 14, 2p
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