Mocean dancers Rhonda Baker, Susanne Chui,
and Interim Artistic Director Sara Coffin navigate the immersive
sculpture designed by Martin Tonner at NSCAD's Port Campus.
Mocean Dance was on-site at NSCAD's port campus on Saturday, a beautiful day with open skies and the view of the mesmerizing ocean. Rehearsing on the 2nd floor with the ocean at our feet, we really felt as if the floor was shifting below us while the sculpture was shifting around us.
Really observing levers, hinge points, joints, finding spaces and pause was the recipe of the day as all the options for play unfolded in front of us. Martin jumped in and intervened when he could see a coming structural tangle. Our day in the studio was like trying to master a chess game, Martin very familiar with the sculpture could see ahead in the potential plays, whereas we the dancers, were beginner chess players just trying to remember which one was the knight and when to move the precious queen!
By the end of the day the play moves became more obvious and the risky maneuvers started to take the stage. Framing, pause, asymmetry, mirroring were our tools at battle.
Come see the finished product at Reverb!! There will be an added element of mini-cameras and captured frames spilling throughout the room around us. As an audience your eye will have many options to bounce from and hang onto.
REVERB: AN INTERMEDIA DANCE PARTY, April 26th at the Pacifico Dancebar
with guest DJ ADHAM SHAIKH!!!!
Tickets: $15 advance / $20 door / $45 VIP
Celebrate International Dance Day on the dance floor with Mocean Dance and support Mocean Dance's annual fundraising event. A new event breaking the mold and finding new viewpoints.
