Finalist of the Broomhill Sculpture Prize

Claudia Borgna

Monday 31 October 2011

COLLABORATING WITH NK DANCE THEATRE




THE PARTY LIGHTS ARE ON REFLECTING ON MY BAGS! IT'S THE GRAND NIGHT OF
ANNE AND MARK'S ART PARTY!



LET THE DANCE BEGIN!





AND THE SHOW BEGINS INDEED!
 HERE ARE NK DANCE THEATRE AT THEIR PERFORMANCE
www.nkdancetheater.com ARE A BAY AREA DANCE COMPANY COMPOSED BY DEBBY KAJIYAMA AND JOSE' NAVARRETE.

ONCE WE MET WE IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT WE WERE ON THE SAME GROUNDS SHARING SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT ART AND LIFE.
 FROM THERE  WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP ON BOARD FOR THIS LITTLE ADVENTURE AND JOIN FORCES FOR THE FUNDRAISER EVENT FOR THE SILICON VALLEY ART COUNCIL.
I SET UP THE INSTALLATION, A STAGE FOR THEM TO INTERACT WITH AND PERFORM THEIR MAGIC.

DURING THE EVENING THEY PERFORMED SEVERAL TIMES THEIR FLOOR SLOW MOTION DANCE THAT COUNTER BALANCED THE FAST RHYTHMS ALL AROUND.
PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE AND FORTUNATE TO CAPTURE THAT WERE FOOLED BY THE TWO WHITE LIFELESS BODIES, RIGIDLY LAYING ON THE CONCRETE GROUND
ATTRACTING A GREAT DEAL OF WONDER AND SURPRISE WHEN THEIR VERY SLOW AND CONTROLLED MOVEMENT PUT LIFE BACK AGAIN INTO THEIR SHAPES THAT SLOWLY MOULDED INTO MANY BEAUTIFUL FORMS.

LIKE GILBERT AND GEORGE THEY WERE LIVING SCULPTURES OR BETTER DANCING SCULPTURES, SUBTLY AND UNNOTICEABLY MOVING ACROSS THE INSTALLATION.
IT WAS A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE OF TWO SINGLE MAGNETS, FOLLOWING A CONTROLLED, UNCONTROLLABLE FORCE STRIVING TO REACH TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER TO BE FINALLY REUNITED.













 COLLECTING DIRT, JUST LIKE MOTHER NATURE! 


.....LADIES AND GENTLEMAN APPLAUD FOR DEBBY AND JOSE, HERE THEY ARE
THANK YOU!




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