lossy (excerpts)
Artist: COMPANY 605 (Vancouver)
January 30 @ 7pm, January 31 @ 9pm, February 1 @ 7pm
Duration: 30 minutes
lossy (excerpts) – Company 605
Photo by David Cooper
Image description: A group of 6 dancers wearing clothing with bright fluorescent pieces are spread out on an area rug in the middle of movement. Their hands are spread out, with their palms up. In the background there are some furniture pieces and a couple of tube lights that are lit and casting an orange-pink glow.
lossy (excerpts) is about an inability to take it all with us.
these are bodies at a loss, gathering together in a stream of movement. a state of recovery. seeking and sifting. grasping for an anchor. these are the bodies that were left behind, haunted by memories of a future that can no longer happen. it is at once real and science fiction, digital and embodied.
this liminal space holds a confrontation with the promise of future, a collision between our inexorable, ecstatic draw towards the limitless new, and a continuous loss—a perpetual state of mourning for what we are leaving behind. there is no answer. there is only the stream, and the blurring fragments of what we attempt to bring with us.
lossy (excerpts) is a shared ritual of transcendence. it is a carefree conjuring of a shiny new future “us”, and a collective grieving for what the future may no longer hold, once we finally arrive.
Direction and Staging by: Lisa Mariko Gelley & Josh Martin
Choreography: Company 605 in collaboration with Performers
Creative Collaborator/Dramaturgy: Marcus Youssef
Sound Design by: Matthew Tomkinson
Lighting Design by: James Proudfoot
Wardrobe Design by: Justine A. Chambers
Performers: Kate Franklin, Lisa Mariko Gelley, Ruby Henderson, Josh Martin, Antonio Somera, Shana Ai Wolfe
In-Process collaborators: Avery Smith, Sophia Mai Wolfe
Company 605 recognizes the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council and Province of BC, and the City of Vancouver. Special Thanks: Donna Spencer, SFU Woodwards, Vancouver Creative Space Society and Progress Lab 1422.
Information for Presenters: Company 605 shares excerpts of work-in-development for this new collaborative ensemble piece, and will be premiering the full-length in June 2024 as part of Dancing On The Edge Festival, in a presentation partnership with SFU Woodwards Cultural Programs.
CONTACT
Francesca Piscopo
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