Wednesday 20 August 2014

nine years later





back in 2005 i had the absolute joy of undertaking my first [formal ie paid for] costume commission.
the production was 'petroglyphs - signs of life' and the company Leigh Warren + Dancers

i designed and made the costumes, twined a large ball of string that became a key prop and devised the poster image.

it was a wonderful experience.

working on 'petroglyphs' led [in 2007] to creating costumes for the West Australian Ballet production 'debris'...dancer Frances Rings [who had joined LW+D for 'petroglyphs'] had been commissioned to choreograph the show and requested to have me as costume designer

now nine years later i have the delight of working with Gala Moody and Michael Carter who were also members of LW+D back in 2005

both now live in Spain but have been in Adelaide this month working with Leigh Warren and State Opera on the Philip Glass Opera trilogy, Leigh's last production before he hands the dance company that he founded some twenty-five years ago to a new artistic director and heads for fresh fields

the morsels on their bodies were part of the blue series i began in New Orleans and continued in Portland [last year]

kicking myself that i skipped taking a photo of Michael in one of these shirt collar pieces


but am hoping that [sooner or later] a moving image will appear on Michael's website

&

my favourite production so far for  Leigh Warren + Dancers

two bodies dancing

about Frances Rings

lastly, clicking on the photo below will take you to a link with more images from Debris

http://www.artfulmanagement.com.au/_/html/forseen.html

photo above by Jenni Large, borrowed from the Artful management website for purposes of tempting readers toward the link

12 comments:

  1. India this must be a great pleasure for you and you must feel very content , i wounder if michael have a performence in Spain with your fabric on?

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  2. What wonderful news! Congratulations India!!!

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    1. I consider myself so fortunate to be able to work in such diverse ways

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  3. how amazing to have your beautiful garments dancing in space (and touching down) again. congratulations.

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    1. Standing by while someone slips into a garment and then begins the investigation for its soul through exploratory movement is such a joy

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  4. Well deserved and gratifying. These are spectacular. Congratulations!

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    1. I just love the way bodies bring life to pieces of cloth

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  5. What goes around comes around, they say

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  6. the universe works in magical and unexpected ways. happy for you to have this new and obviously joyful opportunity. :-)
    good thoughts from the arizona desert...barbi

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  7. ooooh, so much here ... first, I may offer a little *kick* myself ;>/ and will you attend "Einstein on the Beach"?

    The youtube vid is captivating ! as are Debris costumes, and sending naturally dyed beauties out onto the stage [such beauties wearing them, too] !

    ... have great memories of those bluesy shirt pieces strung on the line in P'land. Quite the welcoming sight for your opening. Fun to think of them in Espana now.

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    1. mental picture of you and HRF doing a little beach perfomance of your own :))

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