The Substation/ Rachel Arianne Ogle/ i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night/
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In this immersive installation of improvised light and sound, a single human body becomes an abstracted focal point — a disembodied drishti – within an unfolding science fiction odyssey. The work explores states of transition and the synergy between light, sound and the body, offering audiences a meditation on time, perspective and the moment of death.
Developed through in-depth collaboration and a residency at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre (EMPAC) in New York, Rachel Arianne Ogle, Luke Smiles and Benjamin Cisterne have created a transcendental experiment in design. In the performance an external feed of radio communications and cosmic chatter manipulates both light and sound in real time.
i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night is a choreography of perception. The audience witness a body in liminal space distorted by the media that surrounds it, becoming mesmerised by the hypnotic sensory experience of contemplation and transformation.
i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night is part of a double bill with Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator. Tickets for this show enable entrance to both.
Presented by The Substation as part of Dance Massive 2019
Feature Image: Rachel Ogle, The Substation for Dance Massive, 2019, Photo by Leela Schauble
Gallery image: Rachel Ogle, The Substation for Dance Massive, 2019, Photo by Leela Schauble
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Memoir For Rivers And The Dictator
In Memoir For Rivers And The Dictator award-winning choreographer and performer Lilian Steiner explores the impact of human experience and the personal histories that store themselves within the body.
Through masterful movement and evocative sonic landscapes performed by dancer Lilian Steiner with Reuben Lewis on trumpet, Steiner utilises sound, language, colour and bodies in motion to lead audiences through memories of war and destruction, personal power, passion and human empathy.
Powerful and intense, Memoir For Rivers And The Dictator captures the dramatic scope of historical events and shifting subject positions – from the individual to the collective – with a compelling dynamism. The piece engages the body as an archival document: absorbing wisdom, values and events, as well as being the key resource for connecting with and responding to the activities of the past.
Originally commissioned as part of the Keir Choreographic Award 2018, this is the world premiere of the full-length iteration of the work.
Choreographer: Lilian Steiner
Performers: Lilian Steiner, Reuben Lewis
Sound Design: Marco Cher-Gibard, Reuben Lewis
Lighting Design: Jennifer Hector
Producer: Freya Waterson
Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator is part of a double bill with i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Tickets for this show enable entrance to both.
Presented by The Substation as part of Dance Massive 2019
