Vanessa Goodman respectfully acknowledges living, working and creating in the ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations. She holds a BFA from Simon Fraser University and is the artistic director of Action at a Distance Dance Society. Vanessa is drawn to art that has weight and meaning beyond the purely aesthetic moment. Her choreographic practice becomes an opportunity to explore the human condition and is largely driven by sound development, using live audio to trigger a generative movement of intimacy. She has received numerous awards and honors, including The Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award (2013); Yulanda M. Faris Fellowship (2017/18); The Crystal Dance Prize (2019); The Schultz Endowment of the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity (2019); and the Space to Fail program (2019/20) in New Zealand, Australia and Vancouver.
Caroline Shaw From working with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to producing for Kanye West, musician Caroline Shaw has covered many artistic territories throughout her career. What her creations have in common is a spirit of adventure and an aptitude for experimentation. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013, several Grammy awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. He has worked with many artists including Rosalía, Renée Flemin and Yo Yo Ma, and has contributed music to films and TV series including Fleishman is in Trouble, Bombshell, Yellowjackets, Maid, Dark and Beyonce's Homecoming. Vanessa Goodman respectfully acknowledges living, working and creating in the ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations. She holds a BFA from Simon Fraser University and is the artistic director of Action at a Distance Dance Society.
Concept and performance: Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw
Sound design: Eric Chad and Kate De Lorme
Lighting design: James Proudfoot
Lighting director: Eric Chad
Set design and costumes: Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw
Orange Cable: Ira Jordison
Touring agent: Brent Belsher (Belshers Arts Management)
Artistic producer: Hilary Maxwell
Soil text quoted by:
Derek Lynch "Soil is the key to the history (and future) of our planet."
Sampled music:
Pacific Ocean recording (from unknown source)
Chopin etude in A-flat - 1929 Edison wax cylinder 19145-A-1-2
Israel in Egypt by Handel - Edison wax recording E-2440-20 of 1888
Bach's Partita No. 4 BWV 828 Allemande, performed by pianist Amy Yang
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048, performed by Voices of Music
Shaw's Entr'acte, performed by the Attacca Quartet
Co-produced by Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw
Co-commissioned by Music on Main and the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
With huge thanks to David Pay of Music on Main and Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti of EMPAC and their teams who believed in the work and supported its creation and development. And to James, Eric, Kate, Brent, Hilary, and Taylor, we are incredibly grateful to you!
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