"I loved the distinctive sound-characters that emerged throughout the work, sometimes in harmony with the floating shapes and sometimes in contrast. The sound in itself revealed a journey that tied the abstractions on stage to forms of relationships and dreamlike narratives." - Omer Backley-Astrachan
Latest work with choreographer Lilian Steiner Springtime Again for Sydney Dance Company New Breed 2021.
Software controlling the live interaction between music and dancers is written in the programming environment Max MSP. A camera tracks the dancers' movement in space, allowing them to shape the sonic environment. Further triggering of audio cues are initiated by rings worn by the dancers.
Software controlling the live interaction between music and dancers is written in the programming environment Max MSP. A camera tracks the dancers' movement in space, allowing them to shape the sonic environment. Further triggering of audio cues are initiated by rings worn by the dancers.
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It’s Springtime Again, and the field is full of drama already in bloom,
- heard through the eyes and seen through the ears. Nothing is impossible in curiosity’s wandering through the lava lamp. Curiosity with a capital C can become a character. Springtime Again portrays humanity through abstraction. Individual personalities, desires, agendas and fates are held within and by group dynamics. But as observers, we face our own projections We are the protagonist, But so is the other. Perceived trajectories do not necessarily equate to narrative. Freedom is in the curving of edges and the swallowing up by shadows and the turning away from the spotlight. And dance does not belong only to human bodies. If you close and open and close and open and open and close your eyes, you will see and hear and participate in the dance everywhere. Now, Sharpen and blur and resharpen your focus, You are already shaping the constellation. - Programme notes by Lilian Steiner |
Springtime Again
Choreographer: Lilian Steiner with the dancers Composer: Fiona Hill, played live by Fiona and the dancers Costume Designer: Aleisa Jelbart Lighting Designer: Alexander Berlage Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellowship: Emily Newham, French Horn Miles Mullin-Chivers, Cello Audio mix: Bob Scott Recording Engineer: Sean Carey Max MSP programming: Fiona Hill Additional software programming and support: Benjamin Carey Photography: Pedro Greig |