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Performance photos from ZAWP
Photos by Maitane Gajate Zurmalacárregui courtesy of ZAWP.
Chell in the Warehouse
Photos by Maitane Gajate Zurmalacárregui courtesy of ZAWP.
The abandoned warehouse/factory. This place looks much bigger than it actually is, like the space exceeds the limits the walls present. It makes me feel confident and powerful, because I am alone with what feels like an infinite amount of space. I can smell the dust and the emptiness it tries to fill as it gets wisped into the stagnant air. I can taste the old wood, taking me back to memories of watching my grandpa work in his basement. Finally, I can hear the slight ring that the sunbeams create as they pierce through the ceiling windows down onto the floor of the factory. Naomi
First outside exploration in Ribera de Deusto
Photos by Maitane Gajate Zurmalacárregui courtesy of ZAWP.
The outdoor paved spaces by the water (there are several) Feel: The paved concrete feels smooth under my feet, but feels rough as I try to turn smoothly. The concrete feels hot underneath me. I can balance well on it and do slow turns, this fuels a satisfying feeling while I’m gliding across the surface. I imagine feeling a wind as I dance next to the water. Smell: I imagine that I smell more fresh wind compared to salty wind from the water. I want to take deep breaths to collect this fresh feeling in my lungs. It’s a nice break away from the industrialization. Look: The water is rolling slowly around me. It looks warm and inviting, but is it? I can’t tell. It’s a beautiful blue green color and that looks bright too. Taste: I feel like I can taste the water. It tastes salty and refreshing. Sound: I can hear the water splashing up against the walls. I love this splashing sound. It’s a relaxing noise. I find a lot of water noises annoying (like showers), but this doesn’t bother me. I can also hear the ‘city’ I am dancing by. Morgan
ZAWP Performance from Stephanie Busing on Vimeo.
Our first performance preview at Garabia
Photos by Maitane Gajate Zurmalacárregui courtesy of ZAWP.
The beach- I taste and smell salt. The ocean is vast yet calm, and I feel so much when I look to the horizon. My feet sink into the cool wet sand and I think about how small I am compared to this ocean, this planet, this universe. The beach does that to me. It shrinks me down until I am no longer visible, but it is a humbling feeling. One I throughly enjoy and need to feel sane in this life. Emma
Performing outside the Museo.
Photos by Maitane Gajate Zurmalacárregui courtesy of ZAWP and by Emma Parkins.
The chains: look like memories to me. They are rusted and piled up as if discarded, and the image of them evokes feelings of neglect, like a forgotten moment. They don't look bad, or negative in any way, but merely obsolete. They are no longer needed as they once were. Smell like salt water and rust. Sound like clanking metal; a deep, low pitched wind chime. Taste like dry air and metal. Feels like grit and heat and shifting ground. Rachel
Performing in San Sebastian.
Photos by Stephanie Busing.
The Fields- I feel at peace here. The Earth has always made me feel comfortable, despite the uneven ground. I can already feel my bare feet sinking into the damp earth. It smells like a cool summer evening after it's rained, when the worms come out. I hear the wind and my hair whips my cold cheeks. I taste mint tea... Emma
Meet the Artists
Choreographer and Dancer
Chell Parkins (MFA, BA) is the Executive Director of the Tennessee Association of Dance. Her career as a choreographer, performer, advocate and educator has spanned over 20 years. She founded Brigid's Daisy dance company in San Francisco, CA in the mid 90'2 and has performed with MADCO, Steamroller, Bibliodance, and Forklift Dance Works. Her work has been presented in festivals throughout the country and in Northern Ireland and Spain. Parkins' graduate research investigated disembodied and embodied choreographic techniques, integrating technology in the choreographic process. She has taught music, theatre and dance in the private and public sectors from preschool through college. She was influenced by her work with Creative Action using Theatre of the Oppressed as a framework for promoting social change within an "at risk" population. Parkins spent three years as the director of dance, drill team and pom squad at Manor High School where she taught dance as a vehicle for empowerment before becoming Lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University.
Dancers
Naomi Boissy will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a minor in Business in May of 2017. She is pursuing a career in medicine, with the determination to become a heart surgeon. She also loves to dance, and has been dancing her entire life. She started with the Carol Peterson School of Dance, continuing with the San Jose Ballet and Harmony Dance Center. She also danced with her high school dance team and now choreographs and dances with the Repertory Dance Group at her university. As a biochemist she likes to imagine all of the processes that take place inside her body, and believes in creating synergy between all aspects of her life, from food, to movement, to knowledge. She is incredibly excited to embark on this adventure; ready to see how she can learn from the landscape and the people, and portray those experiences and sensations through movement and dance.
Morgan Slater Eddolls is graduating in May 2018 from the University of Puget Sound with a major in Biology and an emphasis in Neuroscience. When she isn't in a lab doing research, she can usually be found dancing. From 2010-2013, she was an apprentice, and then an official member of the professional Borealis Dance company originally started in Austin, Texas. She participated in her high school dance team and later joined the Repertory Dance Group at the University of Puget Sound. This dance group, contains over 200 dancers, has taken up Morgan’s campus life as she has choreographed multiple times and is now the current President of this dance group. She couldn’t be more excited to dance in Spain and to share her love of dance with other passionate artists! Since Morgan is completely Deaf with a cochlear implant, she is hoping to spread awareness of her “impairment” and wants to inspire other people that dance is possible and beautiful, no matter how different you are!
Rachel Vassar recently graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, after studying Dance and Nonprofit Management. She has performed with the MTSU Dance Theatre, a pre professional company, and collaborated with choreographer Marsha Barsky and Company Rose on an installation at the Frist Center for the Arts in Nashville, TN. Rachel has represented MTSU at the ACDA Southern Conference and has received awards for her participation in Scholars' Week from the Dean of Liberal Arts of the University. She is excited to work on this project and explore with the other artists involved.
Rachel Vassar recently graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, after studying Dance and Nonprofit Management. She has performed with the MTSU Dance Theatre, a pre professional company, and collaborated with choreographer Marsha Barsky and Company Rose on an installation at the Frist Center for the Arts in Nashville, TN. Rachel has represented MTSU at the ACDA Southern Conference and has received awards for her participation in Scholars' Week from the Dean of Liberal Arts of the University. She is excited to work on this project and explore with the other artists involved.
Social Media Guru
Emma Parkins is a nursing student at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York and a part-time barista at a local café. She was born, raised and currently living in Rochester. During her free time, Emma likes to read, go to local shows, spend time with loved ones and occasionally hit up the diner around the corner from her apartment. Like many young adults her age, she finds creative outlet through using various social media sites, on the Internet. She is incredibly excited for this opportunity to express herself and others, using this type of media, while in Spain. She is also looking forward to learning more about herself and the human experience in general.
Projections Designer
Stephanie Busing is an environment and live performance designer currently based in Michigan. She graduated from the University of Texas with an MFA in Theatrical Design: Integrated Media in 2014 and now travels the country designing and painting for film/tv, museums, theatre, musicals, opera, and symphonies. Recent video projection and scenic designs include: With Great Difficulty Alice Sits (scenery, Salvage Vanguard Theatre), Mary Poppins (video, ZACH Theatre), World at War (video, Texas Performing Arts Center), Alice in Wonderland (scenery and video, Underbelly Theatre), Studio in the Museum (scenery and video, UMLAUF). Stephanie is a founding company member of Underbelly Theatre which writes and produces immersive site-specific plays in atypical places: www.underbellytheatre.com
Stephanie is an avid designer and maker of environments, believing that while a picture is worth a thousand words, an immersive space is worth many thousands. Stephanie uses skills in video projection design, scenic painting, and scenic design to challenge audience perception of physical environments. Busing's designs are textured, layered, and assembled to reflect the dynamic landscape of the human experience and mind.
Stephanie is an avid designer and maker of environments, believing that while a picture is worth a thousand words, an immersive space is worth many thousands. Stephanie uses skills in video projection design, scenic painting, and scenic design to challenge audience perception of physical environments. Busing's designs are textured, layered, and assembled to reflect the dynamic landscape of the human experience and mind.
Composer
Randy Maguire is a composer from El Paso, Texas. He began studies in music composition in 2005 and received degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and University of Texas at Austin. Randy writes music for dance, film, multi-media installations, and the concert stage. Much of his work deals the concepts of memory and identity, and how these are shaped by our sense of place, particularly in the border region.
His work has been performed at the Cohen New Works Festival and the Fusebox Festival. He was a collaborating artist in the CUADRO arts lab by the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center and L.A.-based Machine Project. Recently, he composed and performed a live score for his community generated film project “One Thousand Eyes”, made possible with grant funding from the El Paso MCAD and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Randy serves as program director of The Caldo Collective, a non-profit organization where he oversees the Transient Triangle Project, an annual series of interactive multimedia art installations and performances that are presented in the public space. Randy is also currently the guitar director at Pebble Hills High School.
His work has been performed at the Cohen New Works Festival and the Fusebox Festival. He was a collaborating artist in the CUADRO arts lab by the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center and L.A.-based Machine Project. Recently, he composed and performed a live score for his community generated film project “One Thousand Eyes”, made possible with grant funding from the El Paso MCAD and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Randy serves as program director of The Caldo Collective, a non-profit organization where he oversees the Transient Triangle Project, an annual series of interactive multimedia art installations and performances that are presented in the public space. Randy is also currently the guitar director at Pebble Hills High School.
Costume Designer
Trish Clark is a costume designer from Nashville, Tennessee. Some of her favorite design projects include Metamorphoses and The Dining Room for Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, The Medium for Belmont Opera, A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Tennessee Shakespeare, and The Crucible, The Underpants and Sweeney Todd, and Big River – all for Nashville Repertory Theatre, where she is the resident designer.
She also creates costumes for movies, including Billy, The Early Years and The Hanna Montana Movie, as well as for musical artists and groups including Naomi Judd, Taylor Swift and Def Leppard. Trish worked for Gaylord Entertainment, (Opryland U.S.A., Fiesta Texas, Opryland Talent, and T.N.N.) for ten years as a draper and pattern room supervisor and she still loves draping and was a guest draper/tailor on Nashville Ballet’s The Nutcracker. She has also worked as patternmaker for Les Miserables and as costume designer for A Raisin in the Sun, Frost/Nixon, Crowns, Doubt, and The Foreigner at Arkansas Repertory Theatre.
She also creates costumes for movies, including Billy, The Early Years and The Hanna Montana Movie, as well as for musical artists and groups including Naomi Judd, Taylor Swift and Def Leppard. Trish worked for Gaylord Entertainment, (Opryland U.S.A., Fiesta Texas, Opryland Talent, and T.N.N.) for ten years as a draper and pattern room supervisor and she still loves draping and was a guest draper/tailor on Nashville Ballet’s The Nutcracker. She has also worked as patternmaker for Les Miserables and as costume designer for A Raisin in the Sun, Frost/Nixon, Crowns, Doubt, and The Foreigner at Arkansas Repertory Theatre.