Vestige of a Trace
Listen for traffic
Stay the course
Nothing moves here
One (three) slowly crawl
Indicate to trace
Vestige of a trace
MFA Thesis movement landscape created by Alexsa Durrans.
Vestige of a Trace identifies a nameless, mundane and languid routine of perpetually moving through space on vast expanses of concrete. Situated in two parking lots on two different evenings, three dancers negotiate their own muscle memories and consider the information they collect as processes of tracing. Gridlocking and spanning patterns, created by the dancers' rigorous work, speculate the way their movement is shaped and changed by the locations. Inching in waves across the sprawl of asphalt, Vestige of a Trace explores how sculpted spaces disperse, split, align and intersect the body. The dancers work to reveal that this landscape is in fact a chosen, constructed, carved and directed system of participation.
Choreography and Direction: Alexsa Durrans
Dancers: Lena Martin, Andrea Soto, Mady Thornquest
Set Design and Dramaturgy: Amy Chiao
Music & Sound Design: Max Jaffe
Lighting Design: Violet Smith
Video Design: Erica Shu & Alexsa Durrans
Costume Design: Nishtha Tyagi
Graphic Design: Naomi Sam & Stephanie Lane Gage