For Disklavier piano and projected body
2000 · 18m
[Excerpts 6 min 30]
Upon entering a room, the audience finds a grand piano and a video screen at its center, surrounded closely by chairs. As the lights fade, the pianist strikes the first chord, and a voice of a female narrator fills the space. Inspired by Samuel Beckett's Company, her words transport the viewers into a realm of imaginary companionship—an exploration of their inner selves.
The music ignites the projection of a nude male dancer, whose movements are shaped, recreated, and transformed by the musical gestures. The symbiotic relationship between the dancer and the pianist is so intimate at times that it resembles a puppeteer manipulating their marionette. Short gestures repeat in varied forms, capturing the audience's focus. A primal vocabulary of sound and dance gradually etches itself into the viewers' memories.
At a certain moment, the pianist interrupts their playing, and the projection fades into complete darkness. Guided solely by the female voice, the viewers imagine their own body movements. Then, the pianist-dancer returns, executing a dance sequence woven from the now memorized vocabulary. As time passes, all elements—the live pianist, the projected dancer, the female voice, and the audience—are entwined in a counterpoint of control and freedom, creating a tapestry of interconnectedness.
By activating the cultural memory, endless dancefilms and performances are created. (Martina Leeker, Tanzdrama 2/2001)
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