wednesday morning
I elevate everyday items – feathers, rope, thistle – crafting an abstract screendance that is projected onto scrim, and placing me dancing live within the fantastical environment. My movement is dictated by the screendance – I pay attention to shifts in color, choosing when to move into or out of visible areas. An improvised score based on a bread recipe guides the choreography, with the aim to let the emotion arising from each prompt become movement. For timing, I listen to my felt sense.
This work takes inspiration from my work with film and continues my exploration of real time vs. recorded time. I use the screendance to edit how/when I’m seen by the audience. The goal is for screendance and live performance to function as partners rather than one serving as a backdrop.
I’m still trying to understand this work. I notice visibility again, leaning into my desire to dictate how/when I’m seen. With more time embodying the score, my movement response has shifted. The prompt “score” once carried forceful energy, tied to a painful memory. Over time, it has softened, feeling reclaimed. I continue to use texture, intuited pacing, non-human movement, spacing and orientation.
choreography, dance, cinematography, editing, projections, sound design, costume design | Kayla Schiltgen
music | Dean Sibinski
Presentation history: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2024, Dances on the Lakewalk, Duluth, MN, 2024
This work takes inspiration from my work with film and continues my exploration of real time vs. recorded time. I use the screendance to edit how/when I’m seen by the audience. The goal is for screendance and live performance to function as partners rather than one serving as a backdrop.
I’m still trying to understand this work. I notice visibility again, leaning into my desire to dictate how/when I’m seen. With more time embodying the score, my movement response has shifted. The prompt “score” once carried forceful energy, tied to a painful memory. Over time, it has softened, feeling reclaimed. I continue to use texture, intuited pacing, non-human movement, spacing and orientation.
choreography, dance, cinematography, editing, projections, sound design, costume design | Kayla Schiltgen
music | Dean Sibinski
Presentation history: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2024, Dances on the Lakewalk, Duluth, MN, 2024
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