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)
