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R E P E R T O R Y
Trilogy

Trilogy – (Seductive Reasoning, Memory Bank, Under The Skin) explores the intricacies of identity, gender, perception, and intimacy through Bridgman/Packer’s choreographic concept of “video partnering”–the highly visceral and visually arresting integration of live performance and video technology. Through interaction with their life-size video images and the use of bodies and costumes as projection screens, Bridgman and Packer blur the lines between image and reality, distort identity, and reveal hidden multiple layers of consciousness.  Composers Robert Een, Ken Field, and Glen Velez have created original musical scores, and shows can include their live performances.

 

“The most thrilling dance work this reviewer has seen in recent memory…flat-out exhilarating.”

-The Boston Globe
Double Expose

Double Expose is a fantastical, raucous, sensual exploration of the psyche, identity, and relationship. With a nod to classical American cinema, choreographer/performers Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, along with a multitude of their video counterparts, embody a range of archetypal personae. Blending live camera, animation, and prerecorded urban settings, Bridgman and Packer create multi-layered perspectives and surreal mindscapes amid a highly sensual alchemy of the live and the virtual. Original live music score is by composer Ken Field, video by Peter Bobrow and animation by Karen Aqua.

 

“Witty, sexy, and surreal…”

-The New Yorker

 

“You may marvel at the effects achieved through technological wizardry, but you’re also amused, charmed, or disturbed by the ways in which two people’s images and dreams and memories of each other fly around like shadows in the wind.”

-The Village Voice

I N  D E V E L O P M E N T

Voyeur
Voyeur will push the company’s 
exploraton 
into 
new 
territory choreographically, thematically,
 and technologically.  With 
the 
iconic imagery
of 
the
 paintings 
of 
Edward Hopper
as a 
point
 of
 departure, the work will 
look 
at 
the 
role 
of 
the 
audience 
as 
voyeur,
 witnessing fragments
 of 
private 
moments 
and 
inner lives. In
 a 
departure 
from 
their 
repertory 
to 
date, 
the work 
will be designed as a performance installation 
for
 museums,
 galleries
 and
 alternative
 spaces.
 It 
will 
incorporate 
a 
multi‐surfaced, three-dimensional 
set 
structure
 that, 
with 
use
 of
 video projections,
 will
 continually 
evoke 
imagery
 of
 both 
spatial
 and 
psychological
 enclosures.  The 
set 
design 
will 
amplify
 the voyeuristic  nature of the work
 and 
give 
a
 multi‐dimensional
 context 
to the live performance.While 
the 
performers 
will
 be 
seen 
through 
the 
windows 
and 
doors, 
they 
will
 also
 be simultaneously 
recorded 
inside 
of
 the set 
and 
their 
images 
projected
 onto
 the
 outside
 of 
the structure.Through
 this 
specific
 use 
of
 the
 projections,
 multiple 
perspectives 
are
 created, 
the performers
 merging 
and colliding 
with 
the 
video imagery. With
 precisely timed lighting, the live‐captured
 images
 will
 unexpectedly appear and 
disappear 
from
 the
 projected
 scenes,
 conjuring isolation
in relationship 
and 
juxtaposing 
intimacy 
with
 separateness.

 

Stream‐of‐consciousness
 sequences
 will 
transform 
at
 key
 moments
 into 
the
 realism,
 stillness, light, 
and
 specificity 
of
 time 
and
 place 
found
 in 
Hopper’s 
work. 
Hopper’s 
actual
 imagery
 will
 not be 
used.  References to 
his
 work 
will
 be 
made 
through
 video 
imagery
 shot
 on 
location
in places where
 Hopper 
painted (Nyack, 
NY; 
New
 York
 City; Portland, 
ME 
and 
vicinity). Voyeur
 will 
feature 
Bridgman/Packer’s
 first
 collaboration
 with 
Grammy,
 Tony,
 and 
Drama 
Desk Award
 winning 
sound 
designer, 
Scott Lehrer.  Mr. 
Lehrer will 
be
 creating
 a 
sound
 score
 that evokes 
the 
continual 
shifting
 of 
environments 
and
 scenes.

 

In
 addition to
 Bridgman
 and
 Packer
 as
 choreographers
 and 
performers, the creative team 
for 
this 
project
 also 
includes 
their longtime
 collaborators,
 filmmaker 
Peter Bobrow
 and
 lighting
 designer
 Frank DenDanto III. By 
design, 
Voyeur
 will 
offer 
the 
flexibility 
of 
performance 
in 
traditional
 and 
non‐traditional
 spaces.
W O R K S H O P S
Dance Partnering Workshop
This popular partnering workshop introduces Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer’s unique approach to partnering for beginning through advanced performers. The class is non-gender specific, emphasizes the release and ease as well as the strength of partnering, and builds to develop exhilarating and risk-taking partnering in duet, trio and group forms. This can be taught as a one-time workshop or as a series of classes.
Dance Technique Class

A class that emphasizes breath, weight, dynamic physicality and exhilarating movement. The work uncovers and strengthens the connections in the body, harnessing the body’s power and momentum. Focus is on the connection to the floor, clarity of intent, and the building of performance skills.
LIVE PERFORMANCE AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY: 
Laboratory Workshop

This workshop examines the relationship of video and live performance from a choreographic point of view. The class explores how video technology can become an integral part of the performance and the creative process. Participants work on short choreographic projects. While a 5-7 day residency is recommended, this content can also be offered as a 1 1/2 hour lecture-demonstration.
SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM:
Making Dances, Making Video

Bridgman/Packer offers an accessible and exciting school assembly program which gives students first-hand experience of dance, video & performance and a window into the creative process. Bridgman/Packer perform excerpts from their works which highlight their movement, humor, and expressiveness through an integration of live performance and video. They conclude with “Make a Dance,” where the audience helps the artists choreograph a dance on the spot and student volunteers join the dancers on stage.
Choreographic Residency

The company creates an original work on professional or student companies that incorporates Bridgman/Packer’s catapulting partnering, theatrical contexts, and innovative use of video technology.
Additional Workshops

Additional workshops are available and can include Master Classes with award-winning musician collaborators (Ken Field, Glen Velez and Robert Een). The Company also does Choreographic Commissions and Repertory Workshops with dance companies and university dance departments.

PHOTOS
Background: Paul B. Goode, Insets from top left: Eduardo Patino, Vertical top to bottom: Kelly Gotlesman, Paul B. Goode, Eduardo Patino