Traces 2009
created and performed by Leigh Evans

The body is a map, a cellular map, a history of memory — personal, cultural, uncharted and unseen.

Combining Butoh dance, sound, song, and text, Leigh Evans plunges deeply into the cartography of the inner body to unveil ancestral, cellular, and archetypal memory in her new work.

October 28th @ 8pm
a section of "TRACES" will be presented at
Crossing Boundaries
in conjunction with 4th CAVE NY Butoh Festival
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie St. (btwn. Rivington & Delancey)
New York City, New York
Tickets: $15 / $12
212-219-0736
contact@dixonplace.org
http://www.dixonplace.org/html/upcomingevents.html
New York Innovative Theater Award Nominations
Evans was nominated for three Innovative Theater Awards 2009 for her performance of "Traces" at the SoloNova Arts Festival 2009.
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Traces 2008
created and performed by Leigh Evans

Dec. 5, 6 2008, CRS, 123 4th Ave, New York
Nov 15, 2008, Studio 303, Montreal, Canada

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When Day Became Night
A story of ordinary citizens in times of war
Solo dance-theater created and performed by Leigh Evans
Directed by Annie Kunjappy
Sound Design by Ben Robison
Light Design by Tim Becker
Film by Dave Rogers
Photo: Craig Zaretsky
When Day Became Night is a story of ordinary citizens in times of war. The piece unfolds through the eyes of a journalist who becomes possessed by the Bone Girl, a ghost whose entire family and village was killed in the Holocaust. She is a rootless soul whose story must be heard in order for her spirit to be released from this world. The journalist has distanced herself from the atrocities of the war through her work at the paper which has been taken over by the Nazi party. Through fear, apathy and denial she looses contact with her self and her community, allowing the seeds of racism to take root. Her encounter with the Bone Girl forces the journalist to bear witness to her complicity in the erasure of the Bone Girl's culture. She then becomes a vehicle for the truth as the Bone Girl's story emerges through her.
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Red Rivers Run Madly to the Sea
by Leigh Evans
Photo by Janjaap Dekker
This powerful piece grapples with the consequences of living in a society which is increasingly disconnected to the natural world.
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Threads of Light
by Leigh Evans (20:00)
Music composed by Beth Custer, Jim Owen, and Peter Whitehead
Drawing from Asian movement forms, Threads of Light is a solo piece integrating theater and dance through a language of imagery, gestures and sound. It is a beautiful celebration of the feminine. Working with a Balinese mask, Evans transforms in this mesmerizing dance of strength, sensuality and grace.
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The Bone Girl's Descent
by Leigh Evans (40:00)
Music composed by Beth Custer and Tin Hat Trio
The Bone Girl's Descent is an interdisciplinary performance piece exploring the disintegration of a rootless woman, the visitations by guardians of her spirit, and the healing of her disjointed psyche.The languages of dance, music and theater are interwoven seamlessly creating a complete aural, visual and visceral experience. Using masks, the performers magically transform in this complex and surreal unveiling of the feminine.<
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Stich-Tche-Na-Ko
by The Qube Chix (20:00)
Created in collaboration with Pamela Z (composer/singer) and Julie Queen (singer)
Stich-Tche-Na-Ko draws from the Keres Indian's myth of The Spiderwoman who created the Universe through her thought. Influenced by Japanese Butoh, the piece explores the themes of death and rebirth. This transformational ritual is sculpted through movement and visual imagery. The lush and textually rich musical score is performed live using voices electronically processed through digital delay loops and integrated with acoustic and prepared harp. Black and white film footage provides the backdrop for this haunting piece.
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Circle of Bone
by The Qube Chix (90:00)
Created in collaboration with Pamela Z (composer/singer) and Julie Queen (singer)
Circle of Bone is a modern movement opera about the ruins of war: wars between countries, wars within the self that keep one trapped in a perpetual destructive cycle, wars that continue to haunt one through memories. The piece examines women who continually must pick up the pieces left behind in the aftermath of the wars, bury the dead, and continue on. Through the process of calling forth strength and guidance from within and from their ancestry, the women undergo a transformation which offers inner peace. The piece challenges the audience to look at their own destructive struggles and through this confrontation find the possibility of change.
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