Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Trailer from Resonant Streams: An Ancient Call, November 2011



November 11-12, 2011 - St John the Divine, New York, NY

Eleven minutes of highlights from the performances at the Cathedral of  St John the Divine in New York City.  It features a cast of ten dancers,  three live musicians, two multimedia artists creating virtual sets and  costumes and guest appearances by visionary Continuum Movement founder  Emilie Conrad and noted author, storyteller and African spiritual leader  Luisah Teish.  Created for the Cathedral's The Value of Water series of  programs and visual art exhibit, Resonant Streams offers an experience  of ourselves as water, of our interconnectedness to all water  everywhere, and of our origins in the ancient primordial seas.  As we as  fluid systems immerse ourselves in water, we are able to release and  recreate our form responsively as we connect through resonance to each  other, to our ancient roots, to our planet and beyond and to creative  potential.

Choreography by Caryn Heilman in collaboration with LiquidBody Dance Cast
Original Music by Nana Simopoulos
Video Art/Virtual Costume and Set by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
Lighting Design by Stacey-Jo Marine
Danced  by Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, Ashley Murray, Sabine Mead, Linda Ivarie,  Stefanie Weber, Lilly Bright, Banghan Nabi Kim, Teri Carter, Melanie  Noblit-Gambino and Caryn Heilman
Live music by percussionist Café da Silva, cellist Dawn Avery and Nana Simopoulos on sitar and kora
With additional resonant support from LiquidBody Resonant Streams Sound and Movement Choir

Monday, November 14, 2011

2010-2011: Best pictures...

Casual Conversation (London, England)

Chorus (London, England)

South Kensington (London, England)

Caterpillar (Jersey City, NJ, USA)

Elephant (Raleigh, NC, USA)

Empire (New York City, NY, USA)

Growing (Ile de France, France)

Three Euros (Lleida, Spain)

Rosa (Barcelona, Spain)

World Trade Center (New York City, NY, USA)

Tribute to World Trade Center (New York City, NY, USA)

Katie (Jersey City, NJ, USA)

Le chien et le ruisseau #1 (Adams, MA, USA)

Le chien et le ruisseau #2 (Adams, MA, USA)

Coquelicots (Creuse, France)

pictures by Isabelle Duverger

Sunday, November 13, 2011

November 2011: Hypnotik Theater Play


A play by The New Stage Theatre Company

In an intimate theater, a showman clairvoyant brings his subjects to the stage and promises his audience a spectacle of “raw shame.” One by one he entrances his chosen ones, leading them to reveal their most abject and malignant drives. But when no redemptive moment follows, the audacious seer must confront his own worst visions.

poster designed by Isabelle Duverger

November 2011: Resonant Streams: An Ancient Call

A site-specific audience-interactive multimedia dance
November 11-12, 2011 at 7:45pm
At The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine


by Caryn Heilman / LiquidBody Dance
Music By Nana Simopoulos with Café Da Silva and Dawn Avery
Video Art Installation by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
Lighting Design by Stacy-Jo Marine
Featuring Emilie Conrad and Luisa Teish

Resonant Streams: An Ancient Call is about water – the water in our bodies, the ancient seas where life began, and the flowing streams that sustain us. The multimedia performance includes the collaboration of video-artist and filmmaker Laia Cabrera with LiquidBody Company/Caryn Heilman, choreographer and former soloist with Paul Taylor Dance Company, and guest appearances by visionary Continuum Movement founder Emilie Conrad and noted author, storyteller and Chair of the World Orisha Congress Committee on Women's Issues, Luisah Teish; Nana Simopoulos, world music composer and musician; Cafe Da Silva, Brazilian percussionist; Dawn Avery, Native American cellist and vocalist; Vaso Dimitriou, Greek guitarist; Isabelle Duverger, visual artist and installation-maker.

LiquidBody creates stunning multimedia dance, video and music events, involving the audience in the exploration of motion and sound. "Resonant Streams An Ancient Call" is a site-specific audience-interactive multimedia dance piece featuring a cast of ten dancers, three live musicians, two multimedia artists creating virtual costumes and set. Created for the the St. John the Divine Cathedral's The Value of Water series that includes a visual art exhibit on display every day until 5p, Resonant Streams hopes to provide an experience of ourselves as water, of our interconnectedness to all water everywhere and of our origins in the ancient primordial seas. When we immerse ourselves in water, we are able to release and recreate our form responsively as we connect through resonance to each other. to our ancient roots, to our planet and beyond, and to creative potential.

apart of The Value of Water exhibition

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
11047 Amsterdam Avenue (between 112th and 113th Streets)
New York, NY-10025

Poster designed by Isabelle Duverger