2015
Collaborative performance with Joseph Blake, University of Washington Dance Department
Grand piano, metal hooks, rubber bands, fishing wire
Performed at the University of Washington, Seattle
Unstring treats sound as something touched and moved through. Metal hooks, fishing wire, and rubber bands are attached to the strings of an open grand piano. As the dancer pulls, releases, and stretches them, tension, vibration, and resonance become the material of the performance.
The piano is never played in the usual way. Its sound comes from the dancer’s weight and reach, and each gesture returns immediately as sound in the room. The instrument’s mechanical resonance works as a real-time interface: to move is to be heard, and the distance between the dancer and the piano becomes something the audience can hear change.
