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Taka’s Film: Float

August 26, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

dance: Takahiro Yamamoto music: Jesse Mejía video: Seth Nehil

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Kirsten’s Film: Reunion

August 23, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

Movement, design, sound, editing by Kirsten Webb Filmed by Sophia Emigh

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Estelle’s Film: Connect

August 23, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

Choreographed & Performed by Estelle Olivares Photographed & Edited by Mark Levine Music: “Red Football,” Sinead O’Connor

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Kajanne’s Film: Breathe Right

August 23, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

by Kaj-Anne Pepper and Mark Levine Music: “Change of Heart,” El Perro Del Mar; “Sarabande,” ZeZe the X

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Tere’s Film: Aphotic

August 23, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

by Tere Mathern & Mark Levine Music by Olivia Tremor Control

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Wren’s Film: Still Point

August 23, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

by Elijah Parker and Wren LaFeet Dance Performance by Wren Video and Editing by Elijah Music by Milo Hayden (Mr. Moo)

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Kirsten: Float #6

July 16, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

before: how to integrate the 2 “parts” of the film—what is the link, how to express it via movement—or stillness? outer & inner what is the bridge & what to […]

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Wren: Float #5

June 14, 2013by floatdance 1 Comment

What is coming through the most strongly in my musings on this experience is the sense of timelessness and the need for patience and acceptance in order to enjoy the […]

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Kaj-anne: Float #5

June 5, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

The first hour started with a practice of affirmations and some tapping of my skull, breastbone and other acupressure points on my body. I watched myself dissolve into the water […]

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Sophia: Float #6

May 30, 2013by floatdance Leave a comment

*Alert: parent-child trigger- Mom and Dad, I’d strongly advise skipping this post- it may make you lose sleep over my car accident 8 years ago… Seriously, just give me a […]

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  • Taka’s Film: Float
  • Kirsten’s Film: Reunion
  • Estelle’s Film: Connect
  • Kajanne’s Film: Breathe Right
  • Tere’s Film: Aphotic

search the void

The films are up! Please watch, share, and enjoy. (Sophia's film is available for viewing via private link- please contact her via her website - www.sophiaephotography.com.)

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Who Are We?

We are born from the void with nothing but our bodies in tow. Everything else – names, preferences, identities, occupations – gloms on later.

In collaboration with Float On, the seven dancers of the Float Dance Project — Estelle, Kaj-anne, Kirsten, Sophia, Taka, Tere and Wren — will jump back into the void and see what emerges, using the only tool we had when we came into the world.

The conditions:

Over the course of May 2013, each dancer will receive six 3-hour solo sessions in a sensory deprivation float tank- a lightproof, soundproof chamber filled with 10 inches of salt-saturated water where you float like a cork (more info here).

With no external stimulation to distract us, what will dance out of our innermost realms? Our job is to explore this question through movement.

At the end of the month, each dancer will have choreographed a solo movement piece that in some way reflects their float experience, and will then work with a videographer to create a short movement film that captures their choreography (for public and online screenings). There are no further parameters.

It’s a simple experiment:

42 floats + 7 dancers + 1 month + the void = ???

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