Dancing light and shadow tether a solitary figure to ancestral lineages–known and unknown, sensed and lost, gathered and dispersed. Within the fire of her isolation, matrilineal tendrils unfold. Peering through the window of nostalgia the dancer marks her memory of forgetting.
Photos by Owen Burnham
About
Nostalgia’s Window tethers a solitary figure to ancestral lineages through dancing light and shadow, and exists as an experimental film and live solo performance featuring dancer/collaborator Waeli Wang. This work emerged from home video recordings of dancing sunlight made by director Charlotte Griffin following the birth of her daughter and holds space for mothers, caregivers, and ancestors. These images of moving light evoked the passing of time and inspired a series of movement phrases rooted in matrilineal connections. The undulating choreography was conceived as a nonlinear, winding spiral offering cyclical glimpses of the dancer’s reminisces. Composer Milica Paranosic underpins the kinetic ebb and flow with an electro-acoustic guitar line that interweaves guttural voices, drones, textures, rhythms, and songs.
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