choreographer Carla Barragán's company BQdanza.
What: BQdanza performs “Frame” at Americans for the Arts - Renewable Resources Convention
When: June 18th 6:30 - 6:50pm and then 8:15 - 8:30pm
Where: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall - Outside Plaza
321 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA
Info: http://www.artsusa.org/events/2009/convention/
Friends can come watch it for free from the outdoor areas. Other
performers include Circus Contraption. Info Carla@bqdance.com
Description of FRAME:
FRAME, the most recent choreographic work by BQdanza members and choreographer Carla Barragan, evolved as a site specific work adapted to a wide range of sites. The movement simply emerged from the architecture available to dancers, or from movement stories by dancers and the choreographer's movement developed at sites other than stages.
At McCaw Hall plaza, a beginning section is adapted to poles and water covered floor. The movement in the solos explore false concepts of comfort and security, which in the end prove to be more harmful than helpful. Topics as varied as insurance, internet relationships, cosmetics, plastic water bottles, credit cards, SUVs, home equity, tax rebates, food, etc., are given to dancers to explore in improvisation and eventually are set as solos. In site-specific and no-stage locations, audiences at many different locations can experience the work from a variety of angles, or, in other words, perspectives, or "frames."
Later sections, which include duets, trios, and quintets, offer the viewer the kind of beauty that emerges in an empty floor where dancers can exploit areas of the space through the simple act of moving, independently and in unison- in absence of material consumer goods. A uniquely beautiful part that depicts this harmony is developed with bungee cords hanging.
Greed, territorialism and possessiveness are ideas that guide the last section of the piece, building the tension between members until the sound of an explosion reminds us of war and dancers flee. Original music is by Ecuadorian composer Nelson García, which aids transitions from section to section fluidly and dramatically.
