This week at CalArts
offers the unique and exciting opportunity to witness, VERGE, the final
thesis of CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance graduating MFA, Rebecca Levy.
Levy’s VERGE
is based on the investigation of boundary, both as an emotional necessity, and
as physical limitation. Juxtaposing intense athleticism and subtle emotional
interplay, the choreography brings the audience through an evening length
concert of dance.
Levy is deeply
interested in discovering new ways of enriching collaborative experiences
including; how we approach dialogue, the ways in which we imagine the use of
space and how we can push the boundaries of our individual art forms as a
collective. The interdisciplinary nature of Verge is a large aspect of
its intent and creative life. Using set design as installation, the stage space
transforms into a topographical landscape that separates and travels, forming
areas of restriction or expansion. Video art is projected onto dancers’
bodies, the floor, and cyclorama to show boundary lines that travel and change.
Lighting design segregates sections of the stage and set, enclosing and constricting
the area in which a dancer can navigate. Boundaries are a simple manipulation
of space, but the distinction of how inner borders are defined then becomes a
metaphor for the manifestation within one’s environment. VERGE is a
study in what Levy cares about combined with what she would like the audience
to see.
Levy said she
found the collaboration with so many people extremely educational. She learned
a great deal about practical aspects of working with other artists and their
mediums. A consistent and powerful collaborative process, Levy is very proud of
her production team. There are five move-able set pieces up to three feet in
height. The first half of the evening will use an original sound score by
Carmina Escobar, and the second using music by Michael Gordon. Costume design
is by Rosalie Alvarez.
In VERGE, Levy
wanted to give her nine talented and generous dancers a truly physical
experience and she did.
Levy came to CalArts
to learn. She believes that ultimately she gained the knowledge that she needs
to stay true to her vision. In effect, she must do what she wants to do.
Levy found that taking too much criticism – even constructive criticism – has
the potential to be limiting for her. She savors advice from one of her
professors: to make work on her own terms. Through Verge, Levy is
starting to figure out what she likes to watch on stage and is learning to give
herself permission to follow her instincts in creating her own work.
Levy reflected on her overall experience with VERGE, “…the process was stellar, the studio time incredible, and I will be sad when it is all over.”
For more information about the CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, visit www.calarts.edu/dance
MFA II Thesis Concert, VERGE, by Rebecca Levy, March 11-13, 8 p.m.
MFA II Thesis Concert, by Christie Nelson-Sala, April 8-18, 8 p.m.
Spring Dance Concert, May 5 and 7, 8 p.m.
The NEXT Dance Company, May 6 and 8, 8 p.m.
The NEXT Dance Company at REDCAT, May 14 and 15, 8:30 p.m.
Last Dance Concert,May 19 and 20, 7 p.m.
All performances take place in the Sharon Disney Lund Theater unless otherwise noted.
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Posted by: オテモヤン | March 26, 2010 at 06:27 AM