Can music and dance become indistinguishable? What might it mean for a musician to give an embodied performance? Can a dance be so musical that it is not perceived as a dance? A choreographer and a composer generously engage in a collective endeavor to render such questions irrelevant. Choreographer Milka Djordjevich and composer Chris Peck present a collaborative evening of short works where movement and sound are in dialogue. The pieces attempt to assess, analyze, and question the inherent and/or uninherent relationship between music and dance. Working together and in isolation, the artists address their shared interests in sound and movement.
Djordjevich makes a piece that Peck will perform. Peck makes a piece that Djordjevich will perform. Djordjevich and Peck make pieces that Djordjevich and Peck will perform. Djordjevich and Peck make pieces that Djordjevich and Peck will not perform.
performed by Milka Djordjevich and Chris Peck with Maggie Bennett, Aitana Cordero, Marilyn Maywald, Sarah Beth Percival and Lori Yuill
lighting design by Madeline Best
Premiered September 9 -12, 2009 at the Chocolate Factory NYC
