Patternicity

Created by Charles Ball

Patternicity is a case study of abstract movement in which dancers abandon humanity and meaning in order to reveal what audiences project onto them in viewing. This leaves unidentifiable beings that exist to serve their singular purpose, like cogs in a machine. By breaking down the conventional relations between dancer and audience, and amongst the dancers themselves, all that remains are the empty vessels of the bodies, and the external projections from the viewer. Therefore, the performance is reliant on its symbiotic relationship with the audience, and is complete only when viewers superimpose themselves over the movement.

Music: Luis Miguel Cobo - 'Miro'

Dancers: Asher Bowen-Saunders, En Rui Foo, Lauren Graham, Essie Horn, Cody Lavery, Keia McGrady, Grady Mitchell, Laura Wood

Thank you to the dancers for your contributions and commitment to the work. Special thanks to Phluxus Dance Collective for organising 'The IndepenDANCE Project' and for your invaluable insights and mentorship during the development. *IndepenDANCE Project 2015