It's a love story. It’s dance that is huge with visceral radiance and intricate with character-driven specificity. It’s also a slideshow. (i’ve never been good at) ARRANGING FLOWERS is a tragedy and a half-smile. It’s a movie you’d see on a date, but not a first date. It’s a glamorous woman wearing red and singing in German. It’s a collage of objects, images and gestures recovered from the oblivion of war.
(i've never been good at) ARRANGING FLOWERS is an evening length multi-media contemporary dance work for one dancer. This love story lives in the emotional landscape space where three women intersect: Kate’s obsession with Audrey, Audrey’s mourning of Catherine’s death, Kate’s confusion between her own identity and her desire to be Catherine, -- a woman who died more than 60 years ago. Over the course of the evening, pieces of the story are revealed as though a magnifying glass has been placed over particular coordinates on a map. This love story is not linear, but comes together in circles and cross-reference points.
Choreography and Performance: Ricki Mason Vocals: KT Niehoff Accordion/Piano: Marchette DuBois Violin: Costi Parvulescu Chef: Lisa Iannini Lighting and Photography: Hallie Kuperman
premiered in March/April 2007 at HaLo photos by Hallie Kuperman EXCEPT photo with fish by Ola Czechowska _____________________________________
phase 3: THIS IS NOT REMARKABLE
A spontaneous composition directed and performed by Ricki Mason with Jody Kuehner, Shannon Stuart, Heather Budd, and Lasara Jarvis. Live sound score by Tyler Potts, lighting by Hallie Kuperman.
premiered as part of Velocity Dance Center's 2006 SCUBA program.
photo by Josh Lieberman _____________________________________
Pink Noise
A choose your own adventure performance work for six dancers and six pink bean bag chairs. Directed and performed by Ricki Mason with Jody Kuehner, Shannon Stewart, Heather Budd, Lasara Jarvis, and Katie McCaughan.
premiered as part of Velocity Dance Center's NEXT in June, 2005
photo by Monica Mata Gilliam _____________________________________
peel/repeel
Originally conceived during Velocity Dance Center's 2004 Bridge Project, peel/repeel marks LAUNCH's Seattle debut in a split bill shared with Bianca Cabrera, self presented in Fall of 2004. Directed and performed by Ricki Mason with Jody Kuehner, Shannon Stewart, Heather Budd, Lasara Jarvis, and Katie McCaughan. Live beatboxing by AudioPoet.
photo by Josh Lieberman _____________________________________
