Saturday, May 11, 8 pm
The Alloy Studios
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Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Hear/Now performance series continues with an evening of premieres at The Alloy Studios. Hear/Now is a celebration of traditional and obscure music, movement, and sound arts. Discover noteworthy and emerging acts in the constantly unpredictable and experimental genres in an intimate and up-close setting. From ensembles to soloists, electronic to instrumental, Hear/Now features talented artists from Pittsburgh and beyond.
Maree ReMalia | merrygogo in collaboration with David Bernabo
Premiere - slants revisited/take away the mountain
This premiere performance is the third project in the slants series through which Maree | merrygogo is continuing to make collaborative work in 2013. This duet draws from the solo slants revisited for 1. These works both experiment with material and explorations used in the creative process for the original duet, slants, which Maree created through the PearlArts Studios Artists-in-Residence Series (2012-2013) in collaboration with Korean movement artist, Hyunjung Lee. The original duet offers source material to explore the endless iterations through which movement and themes can evolve in the development of existing work. The original slants duet is a playful amalgamation where the creators demonstrated their multi-layered experience in each passing moment. Their abstracted expressions drew from everyday encounters and their influences in traditional Korean dance, classical ballet, Africanist forms, contemporary dance, and the Gaga movement language. Through slips of the absurd and flashes of introspection, the ever-shifting montage revealed the range of the duo’s relationship from their comedic banter to living with Korean han (an inherent “soulful sadness” or “perseverence”).