Performance trailer, courtesy of the artists.
* 2018
Musical collaboration with Ola Maciejewska.
Dance Concert is a project by Ola Maciejewska where dancing bodies participate in the process of sound production. Following the invention of Russian physicist Léon Theremin (1896-1993) the work studies operational parameters of terpsitone, one of the first electronic music instruments. The terpsitone is space-played: the electrical conduction of the human body interferes with the instrument’s electromagnetic fields, thus generating sound waves. As opposed to the traditional European instrument that involves direct physical contact, terpsitone is played through a virtual field.
The work makes us explore the historical link between dance and music, body and space, as well as our perception of sound through movement. The team of dancers: Frida Francescini, Julia Plawgo, Ola Maciejewska, the sound artist and military neuro-acoustics systems engineer Kerwin Rolland, together with Dorit Chrysler (world-known theremin player), produce captivating depth of focus encounter in which we can tune into intricacies of the act of listening.
With the support of Hermès New Settings, ARCADI, National Taichung Theater, CCN Caen Normandie, Productiehuis/Theater Rotterdam, Veem Huis voor Performance, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Centre Pompidou.
Pictures credits: Taichung National Theatre.