On Monday, Kasey and I finished learning the "Stay." duet. I feel good about it and made a few small changes to the original. Next week I plan to have a couple of people come in to watch and give feedback.
My Tuesday piece, which I'm currently calling, "What are we fighting for," is going well too. We had a very productive rehearsal yesterday and I'm only left with the very beginning 30 sec, the very ending 30 sec, and a small 8 count transition before it will be done. This piece is becoming one of my favorites and I can't wait for the dancers to become comfortable with it. There is a lot of partnering and just straight up dancing - I love that I can just watch them dance!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
PPP: Poster, Promo & Press Release
Below is the poster I designed for my thesis concert....
Promo Video:
Promo Video:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music, Theatre, and Dance will present an MFA master production concert, The Light by Which We Remember, by Sarah Wildes Arnett on March 23rd & 24th at 8pm in the UNCG Dance Theater. For tickets, call 336-334-4849 or visit www.uncg.edu/euc/boxoffice . ($6- students, $9 - seniors and children, and $12- general admission.) The Dance Theater is on the corner of Kenilworth and Walker and parking is available in the Walker Avenue Deck across the street.
Arnett’s choreography has been described as athletic, taking physical risks, but also tender, encompassing the fear and acceptance within human relationships. The Light by Which We Remember promises the audience a deep experience of space and sound and will leave the viewer questioning their own process of remembering.
The first half of the concert is one work comprised of smaller sections. Integrating unusual forms of lighting, As I recall investigates how light is representative of the human memory and the ways in which individual and collective memory functions. The piece incorporates household objects, video projection, as well as tap and contemporary dance to explore what is remembered as well as what is forgotten over time. Closing the piece is an innovative solo performed by Arnett and created in collaboration with graduate composition student, Ned Emerson, Jr. It uses electronic motion and light sensors to affect and create music throughout the dance.
What are we fighting for is a dynamic work that explores the hidden relationships within a larger group of people. It incorporates exciting partnering and athletic dancing sure to invigorate the audience after a reflective first half.
Stay. (2011) features Arnett in a duet that mimics the life of a relationship, the give and take required, and its ultimate destruction.
Habit of Change (2010), set to the music of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus, is an exciting large group work that questions unacceptable societal habits and how human beings hide or accept their true selves in the public eye.
A preview of the concert can be viewed at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk1AubS7epU
Sarah Wildes Arnett graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BA in American Studies. As a teaching assistant for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Dance, she has taught a number of technique and academic dance courses as well as served on the Performing Arts Series committee, dedicated to bringing in national and regional guest artists to the university community. She has taught and presented choreography in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee and, in addition, performed in New York City and Mississippi. She is also a trained percussionist and performed with groups such as Music City Mystique Percussion Ensemble and the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps.
The cast of The Light by Which We Remember includes Ai Jia ‘Leia’ Ang, Megen Burgess, Chelsea Cross, JaQwan ‘Kat’ Cummings, Lindsey Davis, Paige DeRosa, Lauren Gibbs, Ruth Gibbs, Taylor Harrison, Kelcey Herrera, Bree Holstein, Kasey Howe, Trey Huntley, Abby Mathias, Jeanine McClain, Jonathan McDonald, Ashley Meeks, Nicole Ramsey, Jessi Tilden, Rashod Wells, and Kimberly Wilson.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Getting Things Together
Finally, Movements I, II, and IV of the "Lights" piece are complete... Transitions are all there too. I played the music for section III in rehearsal today so the dancers could see how much time they have to change costumes and prepare for the 4th section - it seems like plenty. Next Sunday I will be putting all five sections together (at least, what I have of it) so that Christine, the lighting designer, can start to think about lighting for sections III, IV, & V.
The "Stay" duet is coming along - I rehearse that piece tonight and I think we'll get most of the way through it. I have people coming in for that rehearsal over the next few weeks to be an extra eye since I'm dancing in the piece. The original dancers may come in and watch since they know the dance well.
"Habit of Change" is looking good - I'm done with all changes that I know of. I altered the ending slightly last week and I think its much stronger now. I've been thinking a lot about diagonals lately. Each of my committee members mentioned the presence of diagonals throughout the concert and suggested I stray away from it in other pieces since they are so prominent in "Habit"... it is something to think about for sure. I've tried to strictly stay on the horizontal and vertical with my Tuesday sextet and the "Stay" dance is more circular. I'm struggling in movement IV of lights and I keep running out of time where I need to change that one big diagonal moment.
The "Stay" duet is coming along - I rehearse that piece tonight and I think we'll get most of the way through it. I have people coming in for that rehearsal over the next few weeks to be an extra eye since I'm dancing in the piece. The original dancers may come in and watch since they know the dance well.
"Habit of Change" is looking good - I'm done with all changes that I know of. I altered the ending slightly last week and I think its much stronger now. I've been thinking a lot about diagonals lately. Each of my committee members mentioned the presence of diagonals throughout the concert and suggested I stray away from it in other pieces since they are so prominent in "Habit"... it is something to think about for sure. I've tried to strictly stay on the horizontal and vertical with my Tuesday sextet and the "Stay" dance is more circular. I'm struggling in movement IV of lights and I keep running out of time where I need to change that one big diagonal moment.
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