Hysteresis April 9, 2010

April 9-11, 8:00pm to 9:30pm all three days

"...exhilarating, funny, challenging, complex, beautiful. Un-conventional and experimental, just the way modern dance should be." - Yelp

"Unfettered from the sense that there was something "to get," the viewer's mind was free to drift among associations, the dancers evoking now a flock of birds, now an ocean current, now a windstorm gathering force." - Bonner Odell, IN DANCE

DOUBLE VISION will present the world premiere of Hysteresis, an evening-length dance showcasing choreography by Pauline Jennings, sound and video by Sean Clute, lighting and set design by Ben Coolik and costume design by Andrea Campbell. Hysteresis features virtuosic and poly-rhythmic movement patterns, contrapuntal groupings and moments of live-triggered responses. Free from traditional structures and narratives, the dance evokes an abstract dreamscape rich in complex shapes, relationships and points of meditation for the audience.

Hysteresis was informed by a residency in Vienna, Austria, at the Museumsquartier. The work is a metaphor for the state of being alien or observing that which is alien to oneself. The audience is presented with unknown customs, languages, and symbols through abstraction of image and sound. As the observer experiences what is at first deemed noise, clear relationships and patterns begin to emerge and understanding can occur. Noise gives way to an idea and the idea leads to a certain comfort in this incessantly uncertain world.

Performances by Blaine Bookey, Emily Gorman, Wendy Marinaccio, Jennifer Mellor and Cecelia Peterson.

Hysteresis was made possible through generous private donations, CounterPULSE's fiscal sponsor program, The Garage's RAW Program and grants from the Zellerbach Family Foundation and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

There will be a post-show reception following the April 9 [Fri] performance.

Official Website: http://www.double-vision.biz/new/dancemission2010/