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Stepback Traditional Dance Project was founded to support traditional dance in education and professional art. I collaborated with Stepback both as a student and as a professional artist with an open brief over several years. What began initially as research and documentation evolved into experimental work and participation in a variety of ways as the rhythms and patterns of traditional dance infused my own performative and non-performative work. |
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Papier mache appalachian dance costumes. |
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Shooting the dancer with a "sega lock-on" gun to trigger the special move. |
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Some texts..
Right now, it is dark outside this building, but in the morning – even if it is raining - the sun will be warmer than it was before you came here. When you jump, it is necessary that you return to the ground. Sparks fall but the stars remain.
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He stood in front of the mirror and pulled a face. He frightened himself. His teeth followed him up the stairs and across the landing. His eyes bulged in the light.
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Meteors-are-not-stars-they-are-rocks-from-space-sometimes-they-have- aliens-in-them-and-are-bad-sometimes-you-wish-on-them-and-they-are-good- its-up-to-you.
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Click Here For Translation Experiment
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As well as being a leading dancer of the Morris, Anthony John Allen is an astrophysicist who works for the European Space Federation. When questioned, he will deny any link between the two activities. Personally, I am not so sure. |
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Click here for photographs exploring the upward lift of the Morris, and downward drive of the Appalachian. |
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Click here for movement photographs at Cecil Sharp House |
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Click here for movement photographs at Stepback's rehearsal hall. |
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