Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts)
Premiered February 2015, You Are Here, MFA Concert The Ohio State University
2016 Wild Beast Dance, evening-length show KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
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Choreographer: Tammy Carrasco with dancers
Performers: 2015, Anna Brown Massey, Tim Bendernagel, Brandon Whited; 2016 Jordan Lloyd, Stevie Oakes
Music: Meredith Monk, Prince, Dmitri Shostokovich
Costume Designer: Tammy Carrasco and Brandon Whited
Original Lighting Design: Dave Covey
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This work experiments with color, patterns, and abstract design. It posits order out of disarray by the use of strict spatial organization, which is disrupted by a cacophonous flurry of movements and noise. This work is inspired by a small collective of painters who were come to be known as Les Fauves, and the ideas and curiosities they possessed about abstract representation with color.
photo credit: Cas Burns