ICDS VARDIMON Flashcards
What works can we talk about for Vardimon?
- 7734
- Justitia
- Medusa
- Park
- Alice
- Maze
When was 7734 created?
2010
When was Maze created
2015
When was Justitia created?
2007
When was Medusa created?
2018
When was Park created ?
2005
When was Alice created?
2022
Who helps Vardimon with her works?
Guy Bar Amotz
How long have Amotz and Vardimon worked together?
1997 to present day
What does Amotz do?
He helps with set design and media - is also associate director of the company
What new forms of staging are there in Maze?
Foam blocks to create maze
Is sight sensitive
What new forms of staging are there in Justitia?
Use of technology - typing, text projections, retrograde
What new forms of staging are in Alice?
- rotating stage; an upright book with pages which turn to give glimpses of the story - string of red rags (referring to periods)
- use of technology; xray like image of her dress
- written word
- kinetic scenery
What is the aural setting in Justitia?
- Typewriter noises
- Soundscape
- Pulsing violin/accordion
- Pop music, vivaldi, bridge over troubled water
- Soft guitar
- Rock music
- Silence
- Beat boxing
- Speaking
- Eclectic mix of music
What does Justitia mean?
Roman Mythology meaning ‘Lady Justice’
What approaches to choreography is used for Justitia?
Developed individual character - ie. if someone was a nail biter, they would be pushed to leave that behind when rehearsing.
What is the aural setting in Maze?
Soundscape, Spoken word, Monologues.
- Dissociation of music until the end until there is a correlation.
How was the choreography approaches in the development of maze?
- Task setting
- Exploration
- Journaling
- Recycled choreo (7734)
- All dancers had a different concept to explore in the maze ie. Risk
- Idiosyncratic, but only because she guides her dancers’ personal styles
What political message is involved in Justitia?
- ideas to provoke
- social elements (how its meant to make you feel, uncomfy, yet you’ve the one who’s put you in that position, you’ve put yourself in there)
Where did Maze tour?
Toured in derelict theatres, warehouses - wherever the maze could fit
What was the intention of Maze?
- Wanted to create a living environment (Audience can see and touch)
- Toured in derelict theatres, warehouses, wherever the maze could fit
- About perspectives - intimate proximities
- Engage people in the arts and in culture; use of National Theatre Actors
- A conversation about trust, between people, between proximity, between society
ETHOS: EVERYTHING SHOULD KEEP CHANGING AND DEVELOPING OVER TIME
How was the set of Maze created?
- She treats the set exactly how she would treat the dancers - manipulating it to do
what she wants - Her daughter designed the maze on minecraft
What is the politics of Medusa?
- Me Too Movement.
- Women have been persecuted
throughout history for their promiscuity and agency of their own sexuality. - Social and environmental climate surrounds her
- In spain and greece medusa is very feminine (versace)
- Medusa in pop culture is an icon for female empowerment
- Environmental politics
- Gender gap
- Gender injustice
- Donald Trump’s presidential
campaign photo - Ecofeminism - established in
the 70s - INTERSECTIONALITY - Patriarchy
What does Medusa mean?
Medusa = jellyfish - story constantly changes - jellyfish are the oldest living creature on earth - micro plastics are killing them - use their venoms to paralyse other creatures in the sea - paralleling elements - our oceans getting warmer, their going to be the only creatures to survive (they swim in warm water)
What is the myth of Medusa?
Young land girl is raped by Poseidon - Heras finds out and punishes her
What is the movement content of Happy Girl?
- Lots of side bends
- Repetitive
- Jumping, transference of weight
- Free movement - intoxication - almost manic - drugs? - euphoric feel
- She is medusa before she becomes medusa
What is the movement content of Swooning?
- Use of breath intentional
- Movement of hips
- Lots of repetitive movements
- Body rolls, waving of the arms
What is the movement content of Funeral?
- Can see elements from other solos
- Floorwork from swooning
- Can hear exhale of breath - stylistically common
- From smooth to very quick - range of dynamics
What is the movement content of Strong Girls?
- Immediate change in character
- In control of movement
- Overextended hand movements
- Use of exhale
- Pleis movement again - more in control, sustained when brining up
- Finger movement repeated
What is the movement content of Shadow Duet?
- Female in black suit designed to be male character’s shadow
- He monologues, she dances, his words are of a woman trying to break the glass
ceiling. ‘Little glass ceiling’ ‘she is my grass roots’ ‘ we all have the same
opportunities, right?’ - Female acts out male role, male acts out female role; conversation of gender identity.
- Mirroring duet
- Medusa on stage, as a statue, dressed up as a bride with a broom.
What costume in Medusa is linked to female sexuality being restrained and demonised?
White dress with a red cross on the crotch - like Nathan Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’
What music is used in ALiCE?
- Pop song (ies. Living Next Door to Alice, Smokie (1976) with the line “Who the fuck is Alice”)
- Spoken word
What types of movement styles are in ALiCE?
- Line dancing
- Krumping
- Hip-hop
- Contemporary
- Flips
- Athletic; one dancer crosses the stage by doing the splits every other step
What social aspects are referred to in ALiCE?
- coming of age, question of identity
- navigation of unwanted male attention
- plays with gender norms
- Final chapter, she is an immigrant and a refugee, attempting to access the book at several points
What workshop was created during ALiCE?
- Spring 2023 - Kent Music and Jasmin Vardimon Company created a day workshop for young
people in Secondary Schools in Ashford, Kent. - Dancers responded to sound and musicians responded to movement - collaborating to create a multi-arts experience
In the Guardians article review of ALiCE, what key notes were made?
- “A striking scene of on the trials of tempestuous first love: stage split in two, a couple kissing on one side, turns to fighting as soon as they fall across the dividing line - “swinging between passionate extremes”
-“A coda that rotates through Alice’s possible future” - Caterpillar has several moments of metamorphosis
What technology was used in ALiCE in VR Wonderland?
Uses Oculus 2 headsets, 360 degree wonderland with 3D sound
Why was Park created?
When Vardimon came over to the UK she was fascinated with council estates and the community involved.
Also how the council does not look after these places.
What is the background of Vardimon?
Socialist Kibbutz background
What is Vardimon Kubbutz background?
- Small community in Israel
- Children responsible for daily tasks
- Men and women expected to work equally on the land
- String socialist beliefs
What are important about her stages?
They are multi-functional and enhance fluidity of the performance
- she takes primary role in her set design
