La Sonnambula
La Sonnambula is a performance for movement, vocalist and puppetry which includes elements from Bellini's famed opera about a sleepwalking maiden. It was directed by Michael Bodel and has had performances at HERE Art Center as part of Culturemart and at St. Ann's Warehouse.
From mbodel.net:
Sonnambula presents an amalgam of puppets, contraptions and choreography that delves into the eventual reduction of everything to nothing. The work originates with the arias of Bellini's mysterious opera La Sonnambula, following a soprano's voice through the nebulous world that separates human from object, living from lifeless.^
Untitled #5
Untitled #5 is a dance performance for video. It was choreographed and performed by Madeline Best and Eric Conroe. It was directed, filmed and edited by Patrick Davison with help from Julie Talen. I wrote and performed the music live during filming. No material was prepared beforehand, no material was changed in post-production.
From the project description:
The life span of a physical decay like that described above could take a very long time. In fact, the longer, the more interesting. The greater the total time, the greater the total change, and the more subtle and rich the differences from moment to moment. There is only so much I can ask of an audience, though. I can not ask them to sit for 5 hours of repetitions. This is where the language of the screen makes something new possible. The compression of time - arguably the most basic element of filmic constructions - allows for transformations of hours to take place in minutes. It frees me to treat time as another variable with which to compose - alongside shape and space and proximity. ^
Revealing
This is an excerpt. The full performance can be found on my vimeo page.
Revealing is an evening length dance / performance piece directed and choreographed by Elizabeth Sargent. It was performed by Marcia Johnson, Djamila Moore and Aynsley Vandenbroucke at Danspace at St. Mark's Church in May of '07. Lighting design by Kryssy Wright. Costumes by Elizabeth Sargent. I wrote, recorded and performed the score.
From http://lizsargent.com:
Revealing is Liz Sargent's exploration of the way we see the world where the audience and performers investigate how they see themselves and how they try to control the way others perceive the world. The performers journey through reflective surfaces using repetitive visceral actions, an analogy for the destruction of the layers that keep them from seeing their past, present, future and ultimately true selves. Joined by some of New York's most talented young artists, Liz Sargent builds an environment that allows our differences to be seen as illuminating and horrifying. ^