Using the music of British rock sensation Pink Floyd, more than 10 artist/creators and 40 performers will bring performance art to the Yulman Theatre next month with “Whirled in Flux,” the annual student winter dance concert.
The Theater and Dance Department presentation is set for Thursday, March 6 and Friday, March 7, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, March 8, at 2 and 8 p.m.
The show will combine dance, theater, live music, visual art, computer animation and other interactive art forms of the 20th century, with a focus on the 1960s through 1980s.
“This production intends to play with what can happen in a world in flux,” said Miryam Moutillet, dance program and concert director. “It’s really about the process. We want to show how artists in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s developed new ways of thinking about art and how it can be presented.”
Pink Floyd was chosen, she said, “for its unique sound, meaningful lyrics and historical activism…. there was a message, they put thoughts in your mind; that was the point.”
Moutillet is working closely with Professor of French Charles Batson to give a sense of the rebellious era that promoted political and social issues, conceptual ideas “and new ways of using the stage for a journey of challenge and defiance.”
As a performer, Moutillet worked in videos and films and toured one-woman shows. She collaborated with some of the most innovative and creative artists, including avant-garde theater company Carbone 14. She also co-founded La La La Human Steps, a Montreal-based, eccentric post-modern dance company.
“We pushed boundaries of traditional theater. We were passionate about doing new things,” she said.
“Whirled in Flux” will feature works by Marcus Rogers, choreographer and rehearsal director, and dance projects by Carly Aimi ’08, Theresa Foito ’08, Joseph Hunziker ’08, Sara Jacobson ’10, Alexandra Lindsay ’09, Jamie Luguri ’10 and Brittany Prescott ’08.
Tickets are on sale at the Yulman Theatre. The cost is $10 for general admission and $7 for Union faculty, staff and students (with Union College ID) as well as area seniors.
For more information, call the Box Office at 388-6545.