State Of Darkness

Banging Track i found in my folders
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Choreography Ihsan Rustem – Winner Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest 2011 – Winner of the ‘Publikumspreis’ (Audience Choice Award) 25th Hannover International Choreography Competition 2011 Northwest Dance Project, Portland. Director Sarah Slipper Dancers: Andrea Parson, Patrick Kilbane, Elijah Labay, Joni Tuttle, Lex Dones, Ching Ching Wong, Lindsey Matheis Music: Arnalds / Richter Text: Benjamin Wardell I discovered this poem ‘The Clouds Inside” by Benjamin Wardell and became immediately fascinated by the comparison he had made between us and clouds. I began to read the poem over and found myself lost in his vision of the world above reflecting society and discovered that the more I read, the more detached I became from the situation; an observer seeing these words and worlds come to life but from the outside in, my mind creating what felt to be almost a memory. This poem was the stimulus and inspiration which structured all decisions in the creative process for ‘State of Matter’ – whilst not aiming to tell a story as such, I wanted to see us through the minds eye of one person, removed, on a journey dictated, like clouds, by the opposing forces in life often beyond our control. The Clouds Inside – benjamin wardell It seems to me that of everything in the world we are most like clouds; drifting condensations continually torn apart and reformed by the patterns of atmospheric wind. We are ephemeral collections of water and dust afloat in a world of immaterial forces that …
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