It's not the way you roll, it's the way you merge. Performed by Menz Dance at New Trier High School

This small video clip is from a live show of original work called "it's not the way you roll; it's the way you merge" The complete show was 85 minutes long and was performed at The Cornog Auditorium, Northfield campus of New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL. U.S.A. in April 2010 by performed by Menz Dance at New Trier High School.

It was watched by the General public, mainly about 450 students, parents, faculty, neighbors

Explanation by the Choreographer, Christopher Rutt :
This dance is an original work called "it's not the way you roll; it's the way you merge" It explores the culture of automobiles -- the sense of isolation in our own moving "bubbles," the power struggles/ jockeying for first place, the hypnotic trance of high speed travel, etc.
The costumes are intended to evoke crash test dummies -- impersonal, unemotional, homogenous.




This dance is a "work in progress."

The performers are 17 high school boys from the Men's Dance class at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.

It features my timelapse video as a back ground, displayed on a cyclorama at the back of the stage, this measures about 30 foot by 30 foot.
How strange to see footage of the streets of Derby being used as the backdrop for a Dance in Illinois, U.S.A.

Here is my original time-lapse video of which I created a special version of for the show :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwq1OgZGfro

I would like to thank Christopher Rutt and the Dance Students for allowing me to show this small clip which features my time-lapse driving video.

Andy

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