Les Fauves
Premiered February 2015
The Ohio State University
Choreography: Tammy Carrasco in collaboration with dancers
Music: Meredith Monk, Prince, Dmitri Shostokovich
Performers: Anna Brown Massey, Tim Bendernagel, Brandon Whited
This work experiments with color, patterns, and abstract design. It posits order out of disarray, strict spatial organization disrupted by a cacophonous flurry of movements and noise. This work is inspired by a small collective of painters, Les Fauves, who led an art movement that explored the use of bold colors in ways that did not represent the natural coloring of the subject.