Stunned and saddened to hear of the passing of our dear friend and collaborator: Dave Starks. /
Stunned and saddened to hear our dear friend, and a dear spirit-friend to some of our closest, passed away yesterday. Dave Starks had a wit, comfort, joy and openness that we will miss deeply. Dave made work for our very first show, several pieces for our yard, a line of full scale figures in steel inspired by Charlotte’s choreography (so I heard), anatomically correct-ish human buttresses, touch lamps and so, so much more. A beloved human and artist, we cannot stand that he is gone, and send love to Nancy and all those whose lives he touched.
New work. /
We are almost done with our second Dance on Film project.
Still editing.
As Stephen King famously said: “To write is human, to edit is divine”!
#danceonfilm #nowidslc #nowid #edit #sitespecificart #cottongin #westtexas
A moment from a new “Dance on Film” project. /
New video work in the making. /
We are working on a new piece for our Dance on Film series. Here are a few moments from yesterday’s shoot.
More to come.
Flashback Friday! /
A couple of moments from our 2013 Kickstarter campaign!
Research for new project! /
Vancouver, BC. /
Flashback Friday! /
“It’s Not Cracker” (2016)!
YVR 1! /
Read more on our current projects page.
Flashback Friday! /
“House of Apocalypse” 2016!
Throwback Thursday! /
Thank you to Christopher Risch and the School of Theatre and Dance at the University of Richmond for creating this short video revealing a little bit of the process of mounting the production "Cross/Currents" at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia back in November .
We had such a great time working with the students there, as well as with the wonderfully dedicated and talented faculty!
Points in Space... /
Photos by videographer, TJ Martinez from a space that we will shooting a film in this coming August.
Moments from a new project... /
Flashback Friday! /
Flashback Friday: our “Space As Collaborator” workshop in 2015.
Some beautiful choreographic works were created in some pretty extraordinary spaces! We are excited about bringing this workshop back in the future.
#nowid #nowidslc #spaceascollaborator #collaboration #workshop #design#contemporarydance
Dance on Film! /
We are working on a new film project with Vancouver-based videographer and photographer: Chris Randle.
We are excited about the potential of this project.
More to come...
#nowid #nowidslc #danceonfilm #vancouver #downtown #sitespecificmovement
Flashback Friday! /
Flashback Friday!
Four years ago today we started rehearsals for “EXODUS”, an interdisciplinary production that we took on tour to Denmark.
#flashbackfriday #operaanddance#nowid #nowidslc #figuraensemble#interdiciplinaryperformance#copenhagenoperafestival2016
PostCcard #15! /
Today’s generous contributor is Artist, Holly Addi, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Holly is working on a new collection and had a few of her new pieces photographed in her home last week and she was generous enough to share them with us here. See more of Holly’s gorgeous work by going to her website:
https://www.hollyaddi.com
Holly:
This shoot was a documentation of being at home, where one truly portrays their authenticity, during a time of being quarantined and not having the outside distractions of the world.
What I discovered is that even through the heaviness I found it to be a magical time,
it was as if we all said to the hectic outside world - just a minute, as I did when my 3 girls were toddlers and I needed a second to just think.
As an artist, I wanted to create a new collection that was based around the spirit of this and something that I hope would inspire others to create their own place of solidarity and beauty where their home becomes their 'Basilica,' the name of my newest collection.
'Basilica,' in the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches, is a title of honour given to churchbuildings that are distinguished either by their antiquity or by their role as international centres of worship because of their association with a major saint, an important historical event, or, in the Orthodox Church, a national patriarch.
The symbolism for me is that our own homes should be our 'Basilica' to us that resonates not only externally but on an internal level. We are the saint to our homes.
Your home is where you reside, rest, nourish, and feed your body and soul. Creating rituals in your daily existence within your own temple (space) and surrounding yourself by beauty is an honor to the gift of life.
While I felt scared at times during this pandemic for this virus that has been plaguing our globe, the magic was to find the beauty in our simple daily lives in our place of dwelling that we call 'home,' or in other words, where our spirit resides~ our 'Basilica.'
We must all do what we can to effect change! /
We are offering contemporary technique classes during the month of June! /
Click on the link below to read more:
http://www.now-id.com/new-page-1