Behind the Kiln, thrilling and unpredictable evenings of real-time collaborations between dancers, musicians and visual artists. Hosted by dancer Tanis MacArthur and video jammer Judith Sandiford. Due to popular demand these are now monthly, second Thursday (day before Art Crawl).
Thursday March 10 at 8 pm, pwyc. Participants so far: Liz Bates, Maxine Heppner, Grace Loney, Jenny Rae, Jennifer Lockman, Oranbge McFarland, Matthew Van Allen, Tanis Macarthur, Justine Lanza, Alison Novak, Ron Weihs, Judith Sandiford.
Thursday April 7 at 8 pm: participants — movers: Grace Loney, Liz Bates, Jenny Rae, Laura Kappel, Victoria Slager (Runaway Brides), Tanis MacArthur. Sound makers: Jennifer Lockman (piano), Tom Shea (guitar/spoon/etc.), Orange McFarland (double bass), Jenny Rae (saw), Ron Weihs (violin), Gordon Odegaard (various). Video jammer- Judith Sandiford.
Here’s a link to one of the improvisations (sound only) recorded April 7 and posted by Tom Shea. http://soundcloud.com/trio-arjento/transformation-architecture#
What is “Behind the Kiln”?
“Behind the Kiln”is a regular evening of dance, music and visual improvised collaborations at Artword Artbar. The idea is to pair up at least one dancer with at least one musician, and see what happens. Why does Tanis call it “Behind the Kiln”? — because if you leave wood to dry behind the kiln, it warps into all kinds of strange unpredictable shapes. As Tanis puts it, “This event is all about the interaction between artists. It’s not about blowing the audience away with high kicks and spins and intricate choreography. It’s more about small delights. Subtle but powerful communication. and, of course, play. Experiential rather than sensationalistic.”
