Absence is Presence |
Absence Is Presence examines how what is missing can hold as much weight as what remains—an exploration of antipodal forces where distance, opposition, and contradiction become a powerful form of presence.
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Title - Absence is Presence
Choreographer - Karley Wasaff Genre - Modern Dance Performers - Tarrah Mills, Kaylin Wilson Apprentice - Gabrielle House Music - Take Three by Jerry Folk, Haywyre by Restraint, Creep by Deadmau5 Sound Engineer: Karley Wasaff Lighting Design: Matthew J. Morris *Original premiere date is March 30th, 2017 at 7:30 pm in PAC Concert at The Mannoni Performing Arts Center at The University of Southern Mississippi |
Absence is Presence Artistic Statement |
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The original inspiration for this piece sparked from a personal experience of two people struggling to mesh together because of how polar opposite they were. I was intrigued by this idea of antipodal personalities and what occurs when the two are apart and when they collide. So I began to experiment and design with this concept and how it affects the relationship between each other, and as individuals too. The effect of this conflict was for every contrapositive action, there is a positive reaction. In order to genuinely show the opposing concept that in every strength is a weakness, I had to use my dancers to my advantage - mentally and physically. We developed and devised movement in a collaborative manner to bring out their own personal shortcomings and fortitudes. Accumulating material in this manner authentically brought this piece to life; it gave an aesthetic of rawness because the process pulled not from my experiences alone, but my dancers as well. Because of the intimacy in the creative process, the viewer gets a sense of looking in on something rather than being a part of the experience itself. This type of audience participation allows the viewer to forge their own translation of intention. My goal as a choreographer is to avoid forcing an interpretation of the implication of the piece; rather devise an essence that the viewer generates their own perceptions, curiosity, and infinite imagination. Not only has this project successfully achieved inquiring-ness, but my ambition of research and exploration of contradiction.
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Title - Be .
Choreographer - Karley Wasaff Genre - Modern Dance Performers - Gerald Archard, Trista Barry, Madi Daigle, Jessica Eugene, De'ja Evans, K. Brooke Jerome, Maria Kapustina, Taylor Lucien, Brooke McDonald, Katie Pinkard, Gabriela Salazar, Cass Simmons, Aubrei Whitney Apprentice - Tiana Kargbo Music - Chakra Balancing by Native Meditation Zone, The end of all of our exploring by Max Richter, Earth by Yoga Sounds *Original premiere date is November 30th, 2017 at 7:30 pm in Fall Dance Concert at the USM Theater and Dance Building, Studio 115 |