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December 24, 2007

Night Beach

This video is from a rehearsal in which we were working on a new section - Night Beach - for My ocean is never blue. This section was inspired by a quote from The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson:

    "The shore at night is a different world, in which the very darkness that hides the distractions of daylight brings into sharper focus the elemental realities." 

It began as a solo section, but as we worked on it I liked the multiple solos all happening at the same time - with Stephanie coming forward alittle after the other dancers. Each dancer has a slightly different set of directions (or score) than the others, but they are all working with the idea of "hiding and revealing", as well as some specific focus (eyes) choices. Also, image a single source of light coming from the right side of the space (or stage left).




Posted by Daniel Burkholder on December 24, 2007 11:19 AM


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