Through

Touch, Dream, Fly

Capturing the sensation of existing between fixed states by considering our infinite plasticity.

About

Through, dedicated to our teachers and the teachers of our teachers, considers our infinite plasticity and captures the sensation of existing between fixed states. Created in collaboration with an ensemble of eleven Dance majors at The University of California, Irvine the work premiered on Dance Visions at Irvine Barclay Theater in February 2020. The original score, composed by Aaron Chavez with the sound design and audio engineering of Garrett Gagnon, draws on contemporary and classical influences as well as Persian and Indian traditions. Chavez constructed each time signature to be felt in an overall common 4 or 8 beat pulse (4/4) though these pulses are subdivided into 11 speed (32nd note undecuplets) and 5 speed (16th note quintuplets). The layered polyrhythmic structures of Indian Tihais or Moras signify a section's resolve.

Original music funded by milkleaf with fiscal sponsorship by Unique Projects, Inc., a non-profit organization administered by Pentacle (DanceWorks, Inc.).

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• Credits

  Premiere
  UCI Dance Visions, Irvine Barclay Theatre, February 2020

  Choreography
  Charlotte Griffin in collaboration with the dancers

  Dancers
  Sergio Camacho, Karalyn Doolaege, Nola Gibson, Lauren Gresens, Isabella Harris, Sarah Kroll, Katherine Lingle, Kent Shinomae, Claire Simmons, Bailey Spelman, Katie Walsh 

  Understudies
  Audrey Burton, Stefanie Goodenberger, Janelah Villanueva 

  Composer
  Aaron Chavez

  Sound Designer and Audio Engineer
  Garrett Gagnon

  Lighting Designer
  Avery Reagan

  Costume Designer
  Elizabeth Cox

  Duration
  16:00 minutes