TRAFFIC: November 2011

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TRAFFIC has been created in collaboration with accordionist Camilla Barratt-Due, dancers Keir Patrick and Lise Manavit and lighting designer Jackie Shemesh.

TRAFFIC takes its inspiration from the piano piece entitled Abundant Numbers by composer Tom Johnson renown for his minimal music based on mathematical themes. The performers interpret the composition through their own movement and sound, using three accordions, chairs and a piece of glass played by hands. They explore the logical structure as a framework to share their materials and to negotiate and navigate their pathways and rhythms. The result is a myriad of fragmented human expressions leading to a sonic and visual chaos that falls back together into surprising new combinations.

TRAFFIC is commissioned by Laban Theatre and the The Garrick Charitable Trust with support from the Arts Council England and the Firkin Crane in Cork. After its premier at Laban Theatre it toured to the Clore Studio/ Royal Opera House, Deda, Axis Arts and to Yogahome as part of Big Dance London 2012.

Workshops and work-in-progress sharing took place at TrinityLaban for the MA composition and MA choreography students. I have also created two short ensemble works with dance students including Counting Piece with Playgrounds, the graduates' dance company at Northampton University, and In Circles with students on the BA (Hons) Dance in the Community course at University Campus Suffolk.