I saved this for you: Woodside, NY (excerpt)

I saved this for you: Woodside, NY
June 5, 2010
Performed at Doughboy Park and TOPAZ ARTS

Choreographed and written by Colleen Hooper in collaboration with the performers
Performed by Erin Cairns, Kate Garroway, Erika Hansen, and Joelle Worm
Music by H.E. Cicada Brokaw
Site Specific Installation "what if I told you that I was tired of being independent" (2009) by Janell Olah

"I saved this for you: Woodside, NY" is a dance theater piece about home and the complex process of getting rid of things. "I saved this for you: Woodside, NY" begins outside in Doughboy Park, and then travels indoors to the TOPAZ ARTS building. Outdoors, there is a playful dialogue between the performers' bodies and the open space and natural sounds of the park. Indoors, the performers' bodies become evolving objects that reflect the things we choose to keep. H.E. Cicada Brokaw composed an indoor soundscore that combines acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, and sounds from nature and the home for a layered aural environment. As the piece unfolds, the performers explore the relationship between their body and their objects, and conclude that each person has a different method to determine what to keep and what to throw away.

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• ISTFY
• Woodside
• NY
• in
• out