Photos by Ian Douglas
wish you were here
2 dancers; 22 min
Original musical score by Willem Vorster
Video design by Ronan Hagarty
"wish you were here." is a post-modern dream ballet that meditates on fragmented memory, sudden loss, and Trisha Brown's "Newark." On an interpersonal level, the dance intends to explore what is gained and lost as we move further away from past events that haunt us. How might we step back into a physical and psychological space to unpack what once was, what has dissipated, and what still lingers?
Furthermore, the work probes at questions surrounding inspiration, influence, and direct quotation. Indeed, as an artist, what does it mean to view established material and recognize a projected or idealized version of yourself inside of it, as well as a conceptual notion that you are similarly trying to wrestle with in your own movement practice? By stepping into someone else's creative headspace or finished work, is there a way to unleash something undiscovered about your own way of thinking and moving?
Designed for two dancers, "wish you were here." is a quiet, and sometimes irreverent, movement study that proposes no finite conclusions, only a continued dialogue of of emotional and physical process and product.
Performance History:
Mark Morris Dance Studio // Brooklyn, NY // January 2018
Bennington College // Bennington, VT // March 2018
Sarah Lawrence College // Bronxville, NY // April 2018 (premiere)
Original Cast: Ingrid Dehler-Seter and Grant Jacoby
Original musical score by Willem Vorster
Video design by Ronan Hagarty
"wish you were here." is a post-modern dream ballet that meditates on fragmented memory, sudden loss, and Trisha Brown's "Newark." On an interpersonal level, the dance intends to explore what is gained and lost as we move further away from past events that haunt us. How might we step back into a physical and psychological space to unpack what once was, what has dissipated, and what still lingers?
Furthermore, the work probes at questions surrounding inspiration, influence, and direct quotation. Indeed, as an artist, what does it mean to view established material and recognize a projected or idealized version of yourself inside of it, as well as a conceptual notion that you are similarly trying to wrestle with in your own movement practice? By stepping into someone else's creative headspace or finished work, is there a way to unleash something undiscovered about your own way of thinking and moving?
Designed for two dancers, "wish you were here." is a quiet, and sometimes irreverent, movement study that proposes no finite conclusions, only a continued dialogue of of emotional and physical process and product.
Performance History:
Mark Morris Dance Studio // Brooklyn, NY // January 2018
Bennington College // Bennington, VT // March 2018
Sarah Lawrence College // Bronxville, NY // April 2018 (premiere)
Original Cast: Ingrid Dehler-Seter and Grant Jacoby
