Set by Tony Orrico, University of Iowa assistant professor of dance and sculpture/intermedia
TICKETS
Free and open to the public
Part of Hancher's 53rd season
First performed in 1970 in downtown New York City by Trisha Brown and Carmen Beuchat, Floor of the Forest is danced upon a sculptural steel frame holding up a web of ropes that have been threaded with colorful used clothing. Climbing onto the apparatus, two dancers weave their way across the structure by putting on and then taking off the clothing, occasionally pausing to allow gravity to pull their bodies toward the floor while the clothing acts as a cocoon or hammock. Floor of the Forest will be staged for UI Dance students by Tony Orrico, University of Iowa assistant professor of dance and sculpture/intermedia.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 1 / 12:30–3:30 p.m.
The installation will open from noon through 3:10 p.m. and be activated by performers at 12:40 p.m. and 2:10 p.m.
There is an additional special performance of Floor of the Forest, activated by Grant Wood Interdisciplinary Arts Fellow Kyle Marshall, as part of the In Plain Site performance on Wednesday, Nov. 5 in the Visual Arts Building. In Plain Site will be performed by the Trisha Brown Dance Company, followed by Marshall's activation of Floor of the Forest.
"The Trisha Brown Dance Company are masters of subtlety and nuance... their movement vocabulary, while often understated, is incredibly rich and complex, revealing layers of meaning with each gesture.” – The Guardian
PROGRAM CREDITS
RESTAGER: Tony Orrico, Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Intermedia, Dance
LEADS: Maggie Adams, Bea Beaman, Mahsa Fallah, Embry Valentino O’Leary
PERFORMERS
Maggie Adams, Ceramics MFA
Bea Beaman, Dance MFA
Lola Buczkowski, Dance MFA
Savannah Bustillo, Print MFA
Rosie DeAngelo, Dance MFA
Jenna Davis, Sculpture & Intermedia MFA
Masah Fallah, Sculpture & Intermedia MFA
Noah Fox, Dance Major
Annelyse Gelman, Sculpture & Intermedia MFA
Ella Lemke, Dance Major
Embry Valentino O’Leary, Sculpture & Intermedia MFA
riel Sturchio, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Photography
Jason Vernon, Theatre Arts and Dance Major