Monday, January 13, 2014
Japanese troupe "Enra" combines dance and light.
www.wimp.com: Japanese dance troupe Enra combines light, music, and technology in this performance art video entitled "Pleiades". Directed by Japanese artist Nobuyuki Hanabusa, this video is the newest in a series that uses the same visual technique.
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"Pleiades" was definitely an eye opening experience to have. The use of technology in this piece shows the many shapes and forms that art exists in. It is very obvious to witness art in a museum, from the actor, the dancer, the movie theatre. But to see it live along side an artist through technology, I believe it shows its infinite depth. As an artist and a dancer, it is very easy for me to get caught up in the technique of the work that I see on a stage. But somehow, the artistic collaboration of the laser lights used on stage gave me a deeper glance into the art itself. Instead of my focus being on the pirouettes, I was captured by how the art affected me. It reminded my recent discovery with something Eckhart Tolle speaks of in "The Power Of Now". He says",relinquish, for a moment, your desire to explain and label." This is pretty hard at times, but this piece allowed me to take a break.
This is not only beautiful, but really miraculous. The time and effort that must have gone into creating the media, I imagine, would be immense. Not to mention rehearsals to perfect the timing and matching up with the projections. Because the dancers are different heights, it must have had to go through a lot of trial and error with getting the placement of the lights correct. The performance could not have any variety because it would mess up the effect of the media. This is a stunning performance and I would love to see similar pieces in the future in dance and in theatre.
This is really stunning -- and also a very cool way of putting together two old forms of art in a new combination. It's incredible how precisely the dancers are able to match up with the projections, and all of the different ways they are able to interact with the light. Watching the video, one of my first thoughts was that it reminds me a lot of a visual representation of magic -- something that might be seen in a Harry Potter-esque film or performance, and it would be interesting to see the director add some kind a storyline to that effect.
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