VITAMIN KIDS FOR TRIO A (skype rehearsal), 2009

Georgia Sagri VITAMIN KIDS FOR TRIO A with Ronald, Leny, Robert, Jomal, Jasmine (and all of the Heartbreak Crew) at the Artists Space, 2009, NY
This very short clip is the piece's open rehearsal as it was screened via Skype to the Festival Côté Court in Paris
Press Release as it was written for the event:
Sagri, joined by an ensemble of high school hip-hop dancers (Ronald Coleman, Leny Felix, Robert Heyward, Jomal Jacques, and Jasmine Kamara), will improvise a live composition based on Yvonne Rainer's 1966 dance sequence, Trio A. Archival footage of Trio A found on YouTube--re-filmed by Sagri from her laptop and projected here--will overlay the dance sequence. These components develop a tension between the actions of the body, the vocabulary of street dance, the perception of historical influence, and the live presence of an audience. The result is a study not only of formal elements, but of the structures and dynamics inherent to social forms of dance. Sagri's investigation of movement, both live and re-broadcast, introduces various sources and targets of experience, while similarly casting herself in the mutable role of artist, director, participant and observer. An open rehearsal, broadcast via Skype to the Festival Côté Court, Paris, will take place at 1pm and will include a conversation between Sagri and Nathalie Anglès.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Yvonne Rainer
• Trio A
• dance
• Georgia Sagri
• Artists Space
• New York
• Heartbreak Crew
• Bronx
• Cote Court
• Paris