FMT performs SPAZ

with Hunter College Dance Department
for Sharing the Legacy Project
Dance masterworks of the 20th Century
Two different programs
Friday and Saturday, April 7-8
Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse
68th Street Between Park & Lexington Avenues

Eric is performing as a Guest Artist on the Saturday Program, April 8, 2006.

Admission: $20, $10 students/seniors
Concert tickets: 212-772-4448

play video of SPAZ
QT5 required – 11MB

Learn more about the laser/dance piece SPAZ….

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In the distant future, PODs are used for space travel and colonization. Cloned genetic material is grown and nurtured inside the POD. The POD acts as a host for the bione(cloned human) as its cells divide and specialize. The POD serves as a surrogate mother to the bione, and programs the individual with a range of experiences to perform its task as a human. Once the bione fulfills its development and programming, it is rejected and force to rely on its own in a cold harsh new world.

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SPAZ – QT5 11MB

The lines are already there, but it takes a dancer to reveal them. He interrupts the beam with his body changing its shape and location. He plucks light from the dark like a musical instrument creating harmonies and rhythms of expression. What makes SPAZ interesting is that it is technology expressed with the body. Not in a mechanical or cumbersome way but full of energy and life.– choreographer, Eric Dunlap

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Spyral Garden is a futuristic human menagerie. Shiny figures bring the forms of flowers to life as motion mandalas, reflecting gradients of changing colors. The mirroring movement, rippling cascading canons, and solitary stillness embody the flower’s bloom. Integrated lighting from underneath is a reflection of the inner beauty and life that thrives within, attracting an other source of pollen….

– choreographer, Eric Dunlap
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