Light Solos
Light Solos
How can the perception of a moving body be altered by light? What active role does the spectator’s eye play in a choreographic construction? Light Solos is a sequence of optical pieces written for a female dancer. For several years, Ula Sickle and Yann Leguay have been working on a series of electrifying short solos that incorporate light sources as an active agent in the choreographic process. Caught in a retinal twirling and cut out by stroboscopic light, the body starts to look like a projected image. The dance’s space-time joins that of animated film sequences. The amplified light provides the subtle sound score for each solo.
Ula Sickle is a choreographer and performer working across disciplines, often in collaboration with artists from other domains. Her work takes many forms: from film to installation to live performance. She is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Flemish Arts Commission.
cONcEPT ULA SICKLE & YANN LEGUAY || sOLO#1 (ATOMIC 5.1) (2010) | cHOREOGRAPHY, PERFORMANcE ULA SICKLE | LIVE sOuND YANN LEGUAY | LIGHT PROGRAMMATION ULA SICKLE | cREATED WITH/BODY DOuBLEs RAMONA NAGABCZYNSKA, ELISABETH SCHILLING, ARTéMISE PLOEGAERTS | DRAMATuRGIc AssIsTANcE SHILA ANARAKI | PRODucTION AssIsTANcE GUYLAINE HUET | PRODucTION LE FRESNOY STUDIO NATIONAL DES ARTS CONTEMPORAINS (TOURCOING, FR) | WITH THE suPPORT OF LES BRIGITTINES (BRUSSELS, BE), TEATR NOWY (WARSAW, PL) | RESIDENCIES TEATR NOWY (WARSAW, PL), WORKSPACEBRUS- SELS (BRUSSELS, BE), LES BRIGITTINES (BRUSSELS, BE) || sOLO#2 (2011) | cHOREOGRAPHY, PERFORMANcE ULA SICKLE | LIVE sOuND & LIGHT MANIPuLATION YANN LEGUAY | cREATED WITH/BODY DOuBLEs ELISA YVELIN, ANA CRISTINA VELASqUEZ | DRAMATuRGIc AssIsTANcE ADVA ZAKAI | cOsTuME ROSALIE STEVENS | PART OF A REsEARcH TRAJEcTORY suPPORTED BY THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY COMMISSION OF THE BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION (VGC), THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, WORKSPACEBRUSSELS (BRUSSELS, BE) | RESIDENCIES KUNSTENWERKPLAATS PIANOFABRIEK (BRUSSELS, BE), WORKSPACEBRUSSELS (BRUSSELS, BE) || sOLO#3 (2013) | cHOREOGRAPHY, PERFORMANcE ULA SICKLE | LIVE sOuND YANN LEGUAY | LIGHT PROGRAMMATION YANN LEGUAY, ULA SICKLE | cREATED WITH/BODY DOuBLE ANA CRISTINA VELASqUEZ | TEcHNIcAL AssIsTANcE RAPHAëL NOëL, GRéGORY RIVOUx, DIMITRI STUYVEN AND THE TECHNICAL TEAM OF KVS | EXEcuTIVE PRODucTION CARAVAN PRODUCTION (BRUSSELS, BE) | cOPRODucTION KUNSTEN- FESTIVALDESARTS (BRUSSELS, BE) | WITH THE suPPORT OF THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY COMMISSION OF THE BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION (VGC) | REsIDENcIEs KUNSTENWERKPLAATS PIANOFABRIEK (BRUSSELS, BE), KVS (BRUSSELS, BE) | sPEcIAL THANKs TO WIESLAWA PIKULA | TOuR TEcHNIcIAN ELKE VERACHTERT | TOuR MANAGEMENT CARAVAN PRODUCTION (BRUSSELS, BE)
