[microsound] Radical Low: Dec16 Dance+Video Performance

[Kurt Ralske <kranning@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.location1.org/artists/radical_low.html

PERFORMANCE
Radical Low: "RL.1"
Kurt Ralske and Chantal Yzermans

Tuesday
December 16th, 2003 at 8pm
Location One, NYC

"RL.1" is a work for solo dancer, video, and music. Dancer/choreographer
Chantal Yzermans creates expressive, abstracted forms with the restrained
power and expanded time-sense of butoh. In ³RL.1², she performs blindfolded..
Video artist Kurt Ralske uses a camera to capture images of the dancer in
real-time. The images are processed and layered, creating a dialogue of form
and motion. Dance and image drift in and out of abstraction, simultaneously
or in contrast. The video functions variously as a set design, as a
commentary on the dance, and as counterpoint to the dance. At times,
multiples of images of the dance act as a "real-time Greek chorus" to the
solo dancer, providing a record of what has occurred, expanding on what is
occurring, and hinting at what is to come. At other times, the dancer¹s
actions have the quality of a ritual, and the video¹s abstractions serve to
make the invisible aspects of the ritual visible. "RL.1" utilizes two very
different techniques of communication via the presentation of image (dance
and video), while achieving a harmony and simultaneity of expression.

". . . the power of this solo lay in its unarticulated yet strong emotions,
conveyed through impressive physical and emotional control."
-Jennifer Dunning, in review of "RL.1" for New York Times (April 3, 2001)

More info:
http://www.location1.org/artists/radical_low.html

Kurt Ralske
Auvi for Jitter: http://auv-i.de
242.pilots: http://242pilots.org
A/V: http://www.miau-miau.com


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