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| DEAD BIRD DOUBLE FEATURE |
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Tickets are available for sale at the door for $12-$30 sliding-scale. |
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| Description |
 During the last two weeks of August, Dead Bird Movement will commander the top floor of a SoDo building and convert it into a temporary gallery and theater. This will be the home of DEAD BIRD DOUBLE FEATURE, an event that portrays dance through the lens of multiple mediums and contrasting moods. Doors open at 7:30 for people to explore the gallery installation LEFT AND LEAVING. At 8:30, the audience will be lured into the theater for the live dance/music performance THRASHOHOLIC. ************************************************************************************************************************* LEFT AND LEAVING is the gallery premiere of director/choreographer Jessie Smiths latest experimental dance film. The film features Berlins colorful industrial rubble, a bright orange tutu, athletic movement, dirt, and a bit of blood. It weaves together the exterior and interior world of a lone girl on the thread of a dance. The film also features frenetic cinematography by Ben Kasulke and a soundtrack by Jherek Bischoff that ranges from orchestral to metal to pop. Additionally, the installation includes photographs and video sculptures that elaborate specific details from the film.
************************************************************************************************************************* The second portion of the evening is THRASHOHOLIC, a live duet between dancer/choreographer Jessie Smith and drummer Jeffrey Mitchell. After a sold-out tour of Boston, Reno, Oakland, and Los Angeles, Dead Bird brings home what has come to be known as their signature piece. From beginning to end THRASHOHOLIC is a full on endurance blowout. It is built of 50 short contemporary dance solos cut and spliced together. The movements run the gamut of extremes, ranging from precise adagios to thrashing outbursts. Mitchells drumming follows a similar trajectory to that of Smiths dance, mixing metal beats with complicated polyrhythms. Smith and Mitchell are a dynamic pair as they blend fierce rock sensibilities with meticulous technique. This powerful duo wills each other on and on, through exhaustion, and into an intoxicated collapse. |
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