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Shift Switch Go

Presented by Ariel Dance Theatre at Kenny Dorham's Backyard

September 17-September 19, 2010

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SHIFT SWITCH GO is a 55-minute excursion of DANCE, STORY and SONG
about PEOPLE, how we MEET and CHANGE through CHANCE and CIRCUMSTANCE. Created in collaboration with a nine-member ensemble of dancers and actors, Director/Choreographer, Andrea Ariel crafts visually engaging, complex patterns of dance and physical theater inspired
by our cyclic routines, using chance and circumstance to create the intersections that provoke our meetings, the conversations we have, and the stories we share.

 

 

Eliot Haynes’s evocative sound score shifts the environment like “channel-changing,” moving from lively percussion pieces, to ambient electronics, to field recordings from around the world. The outdoor environment becomes the stage where life and art merge, and layers of our thoughts and conversations emerge through story and song.

 

In the development of SHIFT SWIFT GO our conversations were infused with asking three questions of ourselves and through outreach to others: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of water? What do you most desire? What are you most willing to give up/live without as a consumer? What is the most important issue that concerns you about the environment? Audiences will be invited to add their responses on written notes that will be used in the performance.

 

SHIFT SWITH GO is a jumping point… an experiment. And your participation is part of it. It cannot happen without you. Come travel into the sunset with us.

 

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    Kenny Dorham's Backyard

    1106 East 11th Street
    Austin, TX 78702

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    $10 advance

    $12 door

  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    September 17-September 19, 2010

    Times:
    

    7pm

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    • Event Name: Shift Switch Go
      "Ariel Digs for a Welcoming Spring"
      Review posted by: Matson from Austin, Sep 22, 2010
      

      What if our capacity for expressing desires and longings have become severely suppressed and congested? Like a cough, we struggle to express the common elements of our humanity that could bring us... Expand

      What if our capacity for expressing desires and longings have become severely suppressed and congested? Like a cough, we struggle to express the common elements of our humanity that could bring us together. If our communities are not well from drinking (culturally) unclean water and breathing unclean air, then SHIFT SWITCH GO is a creatively compassionate exploration for the cleanest air and the most refreshing water they can dig up. To this end, this noble theatrical experiment proves helpful. The spirit of the ensemble is pure and fresh. Each dancer in tennis shoes is inviting and pleasant to watch. The dancers hit their marks impressively while colliding in different places so that each repeated scene unfolds as a unique narrative. Props to Eliot Haynes for sound design and to Andrea Ariel for trusting her dancers to choreograph as an outdoor ensemble. The ensemble seemed to be a faithful extension of Ariel's radiance. Come! Dive in and drink! The water here is more than fine! Collapse

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    • Event Name: Shift Switch Go
      "Ariel Digs for a Welcoming Spring"
      Review posted by: Matson from Austin, Sep 22, 2010
      

      What if our capacity for expressing desires and longings have become severely suppressed and congested? Like a cough, we struggle to express the common elements of our humanity that could bring us... Expand

      What if our capacity for expressing desires and longings have become severely suppressed and congested? Like a cough, we struggle to express the common elements of our humanity that could bring us together. If our communities are not well from drinking (culturally) unclean water and breathing unclean air, then SHIFT SWITCH GO is a creatively compassionate exploration for the cleanest air and the most refreshing water they can dig up. To this end, this noble theatrical experiment proves helpful. The spirit of the ensemble is pure and fresh. Each dancer in tennis shoes is inviting and pleasant to watch. The dancers hit their marks impressively while colliding in different places so that each repeated scene unfolds as a unique narrative. Props to Eliot Haynes for sound design and to Andrea Ariel for trusting her dancers to choreograph as an outdoor ensemble. The ensemble seemed to be a faithful extension of Ariel's radiance. Come! Dive in and drink! The water here is more than fine! Collapse

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