Thursday, July 14, 2016
Shadow Puppetry and Dance Meet for an Adventure in Hybrid Theater
The Creators Project: In the not-too-distant future, a girl called Mariko finds her mother’s collection of vinyls. Transported, she finds herself in a world of music and shadow, encountering strange friends, foes, and inscrutable machines alike, "to build the inner strength to confront her own demons,” and see the beauty that exists even in ordinary life. This is the plot of Mariko’s Magical Mix: A Dance Adventure, a multimedia performance choreographed by Robyn Mineko Williams that will be performed by Hubbard Street 2 at this year’s Jacob’s Pillow Festival.
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As a dance junkie, this idea excites me. I always love hearing about new ways that choreographers are coming up with to reimagine dance. The idea to use shadows is interesting. The audience will only be able to see a portion of the dancer’s movement due to the shadows. Anything that happens in front of the dancer’s body will be invisible to the audience, which will make a big statement. Things are able to be hidden in the shadows. However, some of the movement quality will be lost. The audience will not be able to see the dancer’s face, only the outline of the body. This can be beautiful if the choreography is made so that we get all we need to from the body, not needing the face to be involved. The performance will likely be more similar to a puppet show than a dance concert, which I think for this purpose, is ok.
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