Bridgman|Packer Dance is coming back to Stonington next week - July 16-19 - and they're bringing two fantastic productions with them. We asked them to talk a little about their new work...
We are excited to be
returning to Opera House Arts, bringing Remembering
What Never Happened and Truck, two
works that we have created since we were at the Opera House in 2013. It is particularly
exciting that Opera House Arts is a co-commissioner of Remembering What Never Happened through a National Performance
Network Creation Fund Award. We so appreciate the support!
These two works are an expansion of our
work integrating live performance and video technology. Remembering What Never Happened looks at the intersection of
memory and imagination, at how our memories transform over time. In a departure
from past work, our use of video on stage moves from photo realism to a more
surreal palette. We interact with video
projections of our images that morph and explode into digital re-interpretations
of the human body, while scenes shot on location in the Mojave Desert
transform into strange and unreal landscapes. Memory becomes a constantly
shifting territory as we delve into the changeable nature of time, form,
perception, and identity.
Our work Truck is also about transformation, this time of an environment.
The work is designed to be performed in a 17 foot box truck, which evolves from
an ordinary and utilitarian vehicle into
a re-imagined space. Altered use of a space has always interested us. We lived
for years in a loft in NYC that used to be a factory, and we currently rehearse
in a studio created in a barn. We are excited that performing in a truck also
brings performance to unexpected locations. Truck
can be performed anywhere that a truck can be parked. Besides being part of our
evening performances at the Opera House, Truck
will be presented at several other sites during the week that we are in
Stonington. Look for us!
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