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dAMNATION
rOAD
choreography
by Miguel Gutierrez in collaboration with the performers
dancers: Anna Azrieli, Michelle Boulé, Abby Crain, Miguel Gutierrez,
Tarek Halaby
music: Pee in My Face with Surgery
set/video: Christoph Draeger
lighting design: Lenore Doxsee
assistant lighting design: Keri Thibodeau
costumes: Parker Lutz
hair: Dave Hickey
dramaturg: Margit Galanter
dAMNATION rOAD premiered at The Kitchen, New York City in January 2004.
What does it mean to create dance in a world that is continually in the process of dying?
We are surrounded by reports of "terror," both real and imagined.
What is it that we are supposed to be so afraid of?
That we will vanish? That our bodies will be revealed as the fragile containers that they are?
That we are vulnerable?
dAMNATION
rOAD is a physical and aural exploration of the body in terror. The central
figure is blindfolded and bound, and as a result has an experience that is almost
exclusively internal. She attempts to act in the face of paralysis, and her
uncertain gestures and groping reflect our own desire to understand the unknown.
Christoph Draeger's set is a site of destruction--the metallic rubble of a destroyed
supermarket, a car wrech and a dilapidated bedroom. The cluttered stage creates
limitations for movement, engendering feelings of isolation and fear. The performance
is heightened by Pee in My Face with Sugery's caustic music, which shrieks and
bellows with surface tension and inner density. dAMNATION rOAD embodies the
clarity of Fritz Welch's final scream:
I
AM
NOT
DEAD
photos
by Julieta Cervantes
Funding
from Meet the Composer, Inc is provided with the support of NY State Council
on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, ASCAP, Virgil Thompson Foundation,
Jerome Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, The Greenwall Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts.
This piece has also been supported by Pro-Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland.
This piece was developed during the Dance Space Artist-In Residence program, which is made possible with public funds from the New York...
