PORTRAITS
Four singular dancers are portrayed in this series of unconventional video installations, each offering a unique perspective on the life of the body.
Here, unusual projection sites and interfaces engender unexpected encounters between viewers and the video images—images that serve as conduits of the dancers’ subjective experiences. Providing immersive experiences; these installations offer a sense of how each of these diverse dancers encounter the world.
By choreographer/director: Carla Mann
In collaboration with animator/sculptor: John Bacone
And dancers: Jae Diego, Daniel Kirk, Eric Skinner & Ching Ching Wong
With music by: Heather Perkins
Video Installations: Jae, Ching, Eric+Daniel
Free and open to the public
May 23-June 8, 2014: Friday-Sunday @ noon-6 pm
Reed College Performing Arts Building
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland, OR 97202-8199
http://www.reed.edu/dance/events/
Also showing at these dance performances:
Skinner/Kirk @ BodyVox: April 17-19 & 24-26 @ 7:30 pm: Eric + Daniel
http://www.bodyvox.com/performance/skinnerkirk-dance-ensemble
Currents @ Conduit Studio: May 16-17 @ 7:30 pm: Jae, Ching
http://www.conduit-pdx.org/upcoming.html
Portrait choreography workshops:
Lewis & Clarke College: February 24
Reed College: April 3
Da Vinci Middle School: TBD
Please contact cmann@reed.edu for more info on workshops.
Credits:
Choreography/direction/conception: Carla Mann
Animation/sculpture/video editing: John Bacone
Dancers: Jae Diego, Daniel Kirk, Eric Skinner & Ching Ching Wong
Music: Heather Perkins
Interactive technology: Paul Clay
Videography: Ralph Davis/Action Video, Eric Nordstrom/Portland Performing Arts Video, Gordon Wilson
Graphic design: Jae Diego
This project is supported by Reed College and the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Ching Ching Wong appears courtesy of the NW Dance Project.
