As I enter the final stretch of my time at university I dive head first into my workload of words and creativity, discovering a blend of my own and others thoughts on choreographic principals and somehow figure out how to place myself into a wider context of dance practice. Starting with my dissertation piece I will attempt to explore myself as an artist practitioner cultivating in an around 15 minute piece of work to be performed on the 11th or 12th May at Dance City, Newcastle. So where to begin...
The quote written above has been the basis of my exploration so far, having had the image of simply a light bulb in my head for the past year I decided the best way forward would be to explore ideas and metaphors surrounding light and fingers crossed that would spark some deeply inspiring and individual idea from there.... :
- "There are two kinds of light, the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures..."
- "We cannot hold a torch anothers' path without brightening our own"
- "You cannot have a light without a dark to stick it in"
- "It's our privilege and adventure to discover our own special light"
- "There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
- "Dare to reach your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light"
What are the possibilities for creating light onstage without actually having to use technicians, rigs or anything that you couldn't buy for the house? I want to create something that the audience feels like that could do at home, I want them to feel connected and involved in the piece. Something that could theoretically be performed anywhere in the dark.... maybe I'll do it site specifically. Now that would be fun!! Experimenting with the audience lighting the performers, performers lighting the audience, lighting each other and lighting themselves the explorations are endless but unfortunately the countdown has began... 13 weeks until show time, time to get creative!!
