Why Patterns

Becket, MA, United States

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Why Patterns

Becket, MA, United States

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YEAR

2010

A collaboration with choreographer Jonah Bokaer, Why Patterns is a performance originally commissioned by Dance Works Rotterdam.
The visual design emerges from a single ping-pong ball that is
introduced into a frame on stage, initiating a series of choreographed
games. Unpredictable results trigger events that flood the stage with
thousands of balls, which are manipulated by the movements of the
dancers as the square frame is collapsed.

Why Patterns will have its U.S. premiere at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in August 2011. Tickets and additional information are available from Jacob's Pillow.

Credits

Choreography: Jonah Bokaer

Stage design: Snarkitecture

Music: "Why Patterns" by Morton Feldman (1978)

Additional Music: ARP / Alexis Georgopoulos (2011)

Lighting design: Aaron Copp

Costumes: Richard Chai

Dancers: CC Chang, James McGinn, Irena Mirislic, Adam H. Weinert

Catapult: Timothy Stanley