robin anderson
project.
:03 minute portions | mfa performance
As a life-long advocate for the art form of dance, the emergence of Robin's research in audience accessibility was a natural progression in her continuous endeavors to support and maintain the field at large. For her MFA project, she chose to address building audiences for dance in the roles of performer and producer/curator. With accessibility at the core of her research, her project is framed around economic, geographic, cultural and aesthetic issues of accessibility in audience development. In line with her research, as a performer Robin chose to commission a dance work by New York -based choreographer Larry Keigwin, who shares the same value system of reaching and engaging new dance audiences. Originally choreographed for Keigwin's company in 2000, Straight Duet has been performed in a variety of locations from traditional dance performance venues, night clubs, benefit events for AIDS, breast cancer and Hillary Clinton to outdoor venues. Knowing the choreography was designed to be accessible to a wide range of audiences, the work is a strong match for her research.
...
Thanks to my Project Committee
members Bebe Miller and Susan Hadley for their endless advice and support,
our extraordinary production staff of Lara Wilder and Adrianna Durant,
Dave Covey for introducing me to Larry and the work of Straight Duet
and recreating his original lighting design for this April production,
Michael and Matthew for the use of their mattress, Peter Richards for
the wedding dress, Nadine Spray for costume assistance, Jaclyn for her
thoughtful and insightful video editing, Rachel for her willingness and
interest in building a website for us, (…) collaborators Amiti and
Erin for their enthusiasm and commitment to this performance, Andrew,
my creative and supportive partner in life, and my family for their never-ending
support of and enthusiasm for my creative endeavors.
amiti perry
bio.
erin tisdale
bio.