Sara van Gaalen
In Between: And Then, Things Change
And Then, Things Change is an exploration into the dreamscape where the past and future have the opportunity of meeting. This piece dives into what happens when we reflect on our past selves and look forward to what we may become. Experimenting with poetry and inspiration from the butterfly effect, And Then, Things Change is a piece that looks into the cusp of the present and how we are always in the process of decision making and change. In addition, the past and future are always on the cusp of meeting, but never will. In this piece we dance with that line and find the point where they connect, healing in the present.
CREDITS
Concept & Writing: Hailey Gil, Lucas Guo, Inkar Julmagambetova, and Sara van Gaalen
Performance: Inkar Julmagambetova and Sara van Gaalen
Lighting: Hailey Gil
Sound Design: Lucas Guo
Sound sources: BMTV Meditation and Sleep, Think Make Push, White Noise Box, and Soothing Relaxation on YouTube
Photographs: Carlo Marchet
The Making of And Then, Things Change
And Then, Things Change was created with inspiration from the butterfly effect, energy, horoscopes, tarot cards, and an interest in working with dialogue. The concept changed quite a bit over time, initially also playing with the cusp of performance with the past and future. This was later cut, along with many other things such as ideas about manipulators, dominos, and CAT machines. The texts were created collaboratively by free-writing individually and then bringing all the text together to create joint poetry. The movement was created with improv and flocking practice and lighting and sound were created with both look and feeling involved. Below are images from the process of making And Then, Things Change.
In Between: Wake
By QUINTESSENCE
Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, the truth. The Earth revolves in orbit, with the sun descending and the moon rising, time seamlessly passes. The truth is, we wake up in what seems like our daily attempt to fight gravity. Wake metaphorically represents one’s sense of consciousness, a more intentional look at the battles of awakening from our sleep and into the break of dawn to start the day. In this movement and light centered piece, we explore these short moments of gratitude, fear and anticipation an individual has upon that short period of waking up from their sleep, Ultimately waking up to absorb the sun's light, to accompany the moon when it gets dark, and to face the truth that lies in our day to day life.
CREDITS
Oliver Fusio: Choreography and Stage Director
Vicky Kwok and Siqi (Suki) Xu: Lighting and Set Designers
Angela Peng, Mavrik Sun: Movement Artists
Sara van Gaalen: Understudy
Angela Peng, Mavrik Sun: Costumes
Carlo Marchet: Photographs
Colab Promotional Photoshoot
Photographer: Carla Alcantara
IG- @Carla_alcantaraphotography
FB- Carla Alcantara Photography
www.carla-alcantaraphotography.com
Performers: TJ Tan, Jae Gonzales, Oliver Fusio, and Sara van Gaalen
Lighting Designers: Colleen Bayati and Wenwei (Coco) Zhou
