Consequences - RAWdance
San Francisco, USA - Now THIS video is EXACTLY what I dreamt of when I created this site! RAWdance, a dance company in San Francisco, had a trio of works postponed, but they have stayed creative and engaged as a company, creating a whole bunch of gorgeous dance videos, and continuing much of their great work. In addition to Consequences, they are also working on a larger series of work (described below), ALL of which I am find absolutely extraordinary.
From the submission by Program Manager Aiyana D'Arcangelo:
RAWdance and ODC Theater Co-Present TRIPLE TAKE
March 12-15, 2020 - POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 2020
ODC Theater
For RAWdance’s first season after expanding to two coasts, the company’s three Artistic Directors, Wendy Rein, Ryan T. Smith, and Katerina Wong, reunite for an eclectic trio of new works in TRIPLE TAKE, originally due to be performed in March 2020, co-presented with ODC Theater. Following the recommendations from Mayor London Breed and the SF Department of Public Health, which suggested aggressive measures to help prevent community transmission of COVID-19, these performances have been postponed and we are in the process of confirming performance dates for December 2020.
In "Consequences', the final piece in the TRIPLE TAKE program, all three Artistic Directors join forces on a new work that utilizes the Surrealist “exquisite corpse” drawing game as a framework for their creative process. Rein and Smith, working as a pair and using video conferencing from New York, and Wong working in the studio in San Francisco, take turns building material without seeing each others’ previous contributions. In this exploration of process and communication, the company embraces uncertain territory and new possibilities to creation.
While the full company performance will still premiere in December, while we are all sheltering in place, we used the same creative process and prompt to create an 'at home', mini version of "Consequences", which I am submitting here. This video is also part of a larger series of work we are creating, called #RAWdanceGoesDigital, which allows our company and dancers to keep working and creating while social distancing is in place.
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