Target Margin Theater hosts
BACKCHANNEL
Composed by John Morton
Choreographic Direction by David Appel
with Randy Burd, Cecilia Fontanesi, Ava Heller, and Elise Knudson
BACKCHANNEL
noun:
1. a secondary or covert route for the passage of information.
2. a sound or gesture made to give continuity to a conversation by a person who is listening to another.
Backchannel, a probing and adventurous new collaboration between choreographer/dancer David Appel and composer/sound artist John Morton, re-defines the relationship between dance, music, and technology, where movement and proximity of the performers’ bodies generate specific musical responses.
A Lidar (light detection) sensor, centered in the space, traces the charted and improvised actions of the dancers, triggering sound as their individual and collective location shifts. The piece speaks to motivation and consequence, to synchronicity and conversation, both apparent and “behind the scenes”. As audience, we are readily invited in, enabling us to experience moments of surprising (and resonant) interaction. Backchannel is also about the path and the journey: how we get from here to there while navigating turns and changes along the way. The alliance and interplay between composer, choreographer, and seasoned movers gives all of us a more telling voice in this process, addressing essential issues around how we work and create together.
Also included on the program is Morton’s Driving Across the Prairie (based on a story by Ed Dorn) and a new solo by Appel.
Performances
Friday, November 3, 8 pm
Saturday, November 4, 8 pm
Sunday, November 5, 3 pm
Location
The Doxsee @ Target Margin Theater
Ticket Info
Purchase tickets online for $25 (includes fees)
or $20 cash at the door (as available)
BACKCHANNEL Excerpt
Photo by Ayanna Nathifa Adams