Discovering the Dimensions of Flatness

The world is huge and, in a given moment, only a fraction of it is available to each of us. We organize our fractions into systems and patterns that we can process, that make sense to us. We make decisions about what is essential, and we allow ourselves to focus on those things. And sometimes, we have to limit our focus even more, to just the essential of the essential: a fraction of a fraction – reality flattened into a more manageable size. What does this “essential” look like when it is all we know?

FLATLAND 2010 is dance/theater company idiosynCrazy productions’ latest production. FLATLAND explores the difficulty of human communication in a world where the sound byte supersedes substance, the instant message overpowers the intimate one. This lecture/demonstration will allow the audience into the creation process of FLATLAND, exposing the process of movement invention and how that is linked to theatrical expression. FLATLAND is directed by Jumatatu Poe (Swarthmore professor and alum), with lighting design by Catherine Lee, and performances by Kristel Baldoz, Justin Bryant, Danielle Currica, Christine Gerena, Gregory Holt (Swarthmore alum), Maya Johnson, Shannon Murphy, Shavon Norris, Gabrielle Revlock, William Robinson, and Michele Tantoco. Movement designed by Poe and the performers.
Come get a sneak peek of this work and this creative process before the work has its official premiere at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia on January 15, 2011.
Lecture/Demo Wednesday November 17 at 4:30PM in the LPAC Troy Dance Studio.  Please join us!