aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Water Body @ Canopy: Flying Trapeze Movement

We’re in Athens. Still no Internet (even Jittery Joe’s was down yesterday!) but I bought a router so will be back soon!

We went to Canopy Studio last night—“a community arts center dedicated to enriching the culture of our community and the lives of individuals through aerial dance, movement education and performance arts”—to see a friend’s performance.

Last night’s piece was Water Body:

As an exploration of water, the performance represents the sublime beauty of the Earth, while also exploring the shadow side of ourselves that pollutes and decimates the world around us. Dancers move through the space as if cradled, submerged, or swept away by water-illusions enhanced by video projections depicting water in its many forms. Harnessing the emotional power water carries, the show ultimately honors the balance water represents: strong enough to destroy everything we know, it also gives us life.

Speaking of water, we’ve had a wet spring in these parts, but we’re still in a drought. Here’s current conditions via the U.S. Drought Monitor.