Artists-in-Residence Showcase
PearlArts Studios
Pittsburgh, PA
February 8, 2013 (premiere)
Through the slants series Maree ReMalia and Hyunjung Lee aim to explore iterations of movement using their collaborative duet, slants, as source material for working with varying cast members in Pittsburgh and Daegu throughout 2013-2014. Maree and Hyun created and performed the first iteration of slants through the PearlArts Movement Residency in 2012-2013. Early rehearsals were held between the U.S. and South Korea via Skype and video exchange. Hyun traveled to Pittsburgh for the month of January where they completed and premiered the duet. The playful movement amalgamation reflected their individual dance histories in traditional Korean dance, classical ballet, contemporary dance, and their common experience of Gaga. Initial themes ranged from Korean han and their comedic banter to their experience of being identified as Asian and their own associations with this definition, to their love of Korean cuisine and bacon.
Description
In this playful amalgamation, the creators demonstrate their multi-layered experience in each passing moment. Through slips of the absurd and flashes of introspection, this ever-shifting montage reveals the range of the duo’s relationship from their comedic banter to living with Korean han (an inherent “soulful sadness” or “perseverance”). While ReMalia and Lee share commonalities throughout the work, their individual ways of being and manifestations of movement are embraced.
Created by Maree ReMalia in collaboration with Hyunjung Lee
Performers Hyunjung Lee and Maree ReMalia
Lighting Design Peter Milo
Soundtrack Design Herman Soy Sos Pearl
Music Benga, DJ Amazing Clay, Pearl Sisters, Amon Tobin
Photo Documentation Bill Shirley
Video Documentation David Bernabo, Gordon Kirkwood, and Maree ReMalia
Q&A Moderator Adil Mansoor
Special thank you PearlArts Movement Residency/Staycee and Herman Pearl, Jasmine Hearn, Beth Ratas, Jil Stifel.
Summer Portraits
slants/lately
The Pasáž
Tel Aviv, Israel
July 31, 2014
Description
slants/lately draws from the duo’s original slants duet and was transformed for a Tel-Avivian nightclub venue with influences from their personal journeys and their time in Israel during Operation Protective Edge.
Created by Hyunjung Lee and Maree ReMalia
Performers Hyunjung Lee and Maree ReMalia
Text Hyunjung Lee and Maree ReMalia
Photo documentation Elad Goldman
Video documentation Maree ReMalia
Special thank you PearlArts Movement Residency/Staycee and Herman Pearl, Jasmine Hearn, Yarden Raz, Beth Ratas, Jil Stifel.
Daegu International Dance Festival
slants/thirty-something
Daegu Culture and Arts Center
Daegu, South Korea
September 25, 2013
Description
slants/thirty-something draws from the original slants material and explores the performers abstract expressions related to their being part of the 30 is the new 20 age bracket.
Created by Hyunjung Lee with Maree ReMalia and James Graham
Performers James Graham, Hyunjung Lee, Maree ReMalia
Music Gabriel Todd
Photo Documentation Lee JaeBong
Video Documentation Daegu Dance Association
slants/thirty-something was supported in part by the Greater Pittsburgh Artist Opportunity Grant.
Hear/Now Series
slants revisited/take away the mountain
The Alloy Studios
Pittsburgh, PA
May 11, 2013
Description
slants revisited/take away the mountain examines the range of the collaborators movement identities and exchange through sound. The other-worldly intersects the everyday through unexpected bursts and hyper-sensory stillness.
Created by Maree ReMalia in collaboration with David Bernabo
Performers David Bernabo and Maree ReMalia
Text David Bernabo
Photo Documentation Garret Jones
Video Documentation David Bernabo and Maree ReMalia
the CURRENT SESSIONS, Volume III, Issue II
slants revisited/take away the mountain (reworked version)
The Wild Project
New York, NY
August 25 & 27, 2013
Created by Maree ReMalia in collaboration with David Bernabo
Performers David Bernabo and Maree ReMalia
Lighting Design Mike Inwood
Photo Documentation Bill Hebert and Corey Melton
Video Documentation Corey Melton
Trailer David Bernabo and Maree ReMalia
slants revisited/take away the mountain was supported in part by Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, The Alloy Studios/Kelly Strayhorn Theater, New Hazlett Theater, PearlArts Studios.
“ReMalia and Bernabo used light, movement, and recorded sound to create a delightfully weird, self-referential commentary on the experience of presenting experimental art.”
– Alejandra Iannone, DIY dancer
Spring Offering
slants revisited for 1
Granite Performing Arts Center, Prescott, AZ
April 5, 2013
Description
slants revisited for 1 is the second creation in the slants series. Through this series, the artists aim to maintain an international collaboration and further investigate and develop existing work.
Created by Maree ReMalia
Performer Maree ReMalia
Text: David Bernabo
SpringUp Dance Festival
slants remix
Cedar Crest College
Bethlehem, PA
March 22, 2013
Description
slants remix is the second iteration in the slants series and draws from the original duet, slants, which was created in collaboration between Hyunjung Lee and Maree ReMalia as the culminating project for the PearlArts Studios Artists-in-Residence Series. slants remix is an adaptation of excerpts from the initial piece inviting the performers to establish their own unique relationship through the material.
Directed by Maree ReMalia with movement contributions from the performers
Performers Jessica Marino and Sarah Parker
Music Benga, DJ Amazing Clay, Amon Tobin
Photo Documentation Bill Hebert
Video Documentation Sarah Carlson and Maree ReMalia
This project was supported by the Lehigh Valley SpringUp Dance Festival and Continuum Dance Theater.
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