Modern Art Oxford Residency - February 2018 Vanessa Grasse arrived on the last weekend of the residency and we discussed the theme of the residency, with aesthetics, emotions, movements, philosophy, as well as connection to audience members. We decided to keep improvising, but change the structure accordingly to how each one went, in order to … Continue reading Improvisations with Vanessa Grasse 2016 [contd.]
Category: Dance
Laila Diallo & Hold Everything Dear 2012-13
http://www.lailadiallo.com/#/hold-everything-dear/ Hold Everything Dear has at its heart ideas of migration and dislocation. It is an attempt to convey something about leaving, arriving, letting go, holding close, holding dear – an attempt to say something about being forever in transit or in a state of waiting. Among the many images, pieces of music, writing, conversations … Continue reading Laila Diallo & Hold Everything Dear 2012-13
Fukiko Takase & Takase Takako Dance Gallery 2009-2012
I was invited to Tokyo in Aug/Sept 2009, by Fukiko Takase to be Composer, Improviser, Performer, Music Editor & Arranger for Dancing, Passing, & Landing with the Takase Takako Dance Gallery Directed by Takako Takase, Choreography by Fukiko Takase, @Theater X (kai) @ Ryougoku, TOKYO I then acted as Composer, Music Editer/Arranger, and general music … Continue reading Fukiko Takase & Takase Takako Dance Gallery 2009-2012
Mbulelo Ndabeni & Rambert Dance Co. 2012
Mbulelo Ndabeni approached me to write music for a new choreography piece that would be shown as part of the 'Season for New Choreography' for 4 dancer/choreographers of the Rambert Dance Company (31 May 2012). 4 pieces would be crafted and shown at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, by four of the dancers … Continue reading Mbulelo Ndabeni & Rambert Dance Co. 2012
Vanessa Grasse & Strati Project 2009-2011
from 2009 - 2011 Vanessa Grasse, Caitlin Smith, Yvonna Magda, Semay Wu Aim: The research will explore the interaction of sound, movement and light, using improvisation and instant composition technique using spatial, compositional and rhythmical awareness to create a clear communication between the performers and to realise a creative unity. The artists have been investigating … Continue reading Vanessa Grasse & Strati Project 2009-2011