For this assignment I was paired with Cynthia who helped me think the through choreographic ideas and the trajectory of a new piece that I was collaborating on with visual artist, Sayon Syprasoeth, and dancer, Jack Nguoun, for a closing reception of "Roots and Branches," an exhibit featuring contemporary Cambodian visual artists at the Greenly Art Space in Long Beach, CA.
Here is a video of our performance at the closing.
Password: bloom
Yearning to Bloom from Shyamala Moorty on Vimeo.
1. What drew you in? Or what did you enjoy about the performance?
2. What would you like to see developed more?
3. How did you interpret our use of the masks? You may not be able to tell, but they had gold on them to mimick the sculpture's texture. Did it bother you that they are primarily white? Any ideas about how we might use them more effectively (or not at all).
4. How did you feel about the interaction of Bharatanatyam, Khmer Classical dance, pedestrian movement, and poetry? Did anything seem too mime like?
5. How did you feel about the use of the various music styles, especially the padam "Velavare" (which is the second music).
6. What aspects, if any, do you feel might read as "Queering Abhinaya" ?
7. Do you have any other ideas to offer for growing future performances? In particular, are there any ways that we could have interacted with the sculpture that you would have been interested to see and that might add to the meaning of the piece? And did the trajectory feel complete, or do you think something more is needed?
Here is a video of our performance at the closing.
Password: bloom
Yearning to Bloom from Shyamala Moorty on Vimeo.
1. What drew you in? Or what did you enjoy about the performance?
2. What would you like to see developed more?
3. How did you interpret our use of the masks? You may not be able to tell, but they had gold on them to mimick the sculpture's texture. Did it bother you that they are primarily white? Any ideas about how we might use them more effectively (or not at all).
4. How did you feel about the interaction of Bharatanatyam, Khmer Classical dance, pedestrian movement, and poetry? Did anything seem too mime like?
5. How did you feel about the use of the various music styles, especially the padam "Velavare" (which is the second music).
6. What aspects, if any, do you feel might read as "Queering Abhinaya" ?
7. Do you have any other ideas to offer for growing future performances? In particular, are there any ways that we could have interacted with the sculpture that you would have been interested to see and that might add to the meaning of the piece? And did the trajectory feel complete, or do you think something more is needed?
