Production: Mangroves
Musician: William Anderson
Photographer: Jenny Abreu
With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board
of County Commissioners.
With the support of the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Cultural Development, Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Miami Beach Mayor and City Commissioners.
Elemental Journey: Air, Land, Water is an original dance creation presented by Josee Garant Dance. The work is an inspiring collaboration of original choreography and contemporary music by internationally respected artists - choreographer Josée Garant and composer Harold Meltzer.
As part of a poetic and beautiful evening, the audience will experience a journey through the natural environment of South Florida through movement and music brought together by the world renowned Amernet String Quartet; poetry by Award Winning Mia Leonin, and video by New Media Artist Jacek Kolasinski.
The multi-format event will present an inspired and imaginative view of South Florida’s natural environment, recreating a contemporary interpretation of the natural world to the audience, bringing together the experience of nature and its fragility in the urban world.
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The performance is a five-part dance adventure through the South Florida environment exploring the sounds, movements, and patterns found in nature, as it is influence by urbanization. Like a tapestry, each piece is intertwined in to the next, taking the audience on a seamless journey though the air, over land, and into the sea.
The evening begins in the air with an exploration of the world of birds. Here the audience will start the journey on an exploration of dance movement that expresses how urban gestures can be transformed by the exotic sounds of eight South Florida’s birds. The music creates a soundscape to support the different dynamics performed in the complex and unpredictable movement exploration.
The second piece takes us to the world of the lizard, a place of rhythm and speed where a single musician and a single dancer explore the lizard’s movement, playing between stillness and unexpected movements capturing the explosive yet delicate creature in its natural environment.
The third piece is a design work that takes us on a non-stop journey of connected sensual movement that reflects the intricate, complex intertwining, and mysterious life of the mangrove - from seedling to fully developed community. Music and dance will again be original with live music and original poetry by award winning South Florida poet Mia Leonin.
The fourth piece explores the temper, range, and unpredictability of water. From smooth to explosive behavior, from gentleness to strength, and from compliance to resistance, all will be expressed using human emotions as the motivation to find the true movement dynamics. Majestic yet compliant forces that are the life force of the region.
The fifth and final piece is an exploration of the fragility and vulnerability of the ocean and reef. Through dance, music and video by Jacek Kolasinski we are submerged in the world unseen from the surface and explore the relationship between human activity and oceans and how the delicate life form of the reef hangs in the balance.
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