Safety In Numbers
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Running Time: 60 Minutes Venue: Fri, 06/04/2010 - 08:30 Sat, 06/05/2010 - 08:30 Sun, 06/06/2010 - 07:30 |
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Safety in Numbers: An exploration of our urban environment.
From The Space/Movement Project
Show Description: Safety in Numbers is a full-length dance work dedicated to exploring company members' individual ties to the Chicagoland area. As the company identified the differences between members as newcomers or natives to Chicago, they noticed a common desire for comfort and familiarity, whether through the anonymity of a large city or proximity to home. Safety in Numbers became a reflection of these findings. Safety in Numbers premiered in July 2009 in Chicago in its original form, as individual works of company members. After a sold-out, two-week run, the group elected to re-examine Safety in Numbers and tour the revised work locally and regionally. Each moment of the original piece was explored, edited, and recreated by all company members sharing in the choreographic decision-making process. The result is a cohesive intersection of ideas shared and supported by all company members.
Most Fringy Thing: Eight creating brains working collaboratively. Seven moving bodies. Six formerly separate pieces of choreography merged together. Five hours to drive from Chicago to Cincinnati. Four diagonal movement passes across the stage. Three prior performances in three different cities. Two versions of this work. One complete dance. Safety. In Numbers.
Artist/Company Bio: The Space/Movement Project (TS/MP) is a Chicago-based modern dance collective beginning its sixth season. An organization built upon collaboration, the group operates without a single artistic director, but several members who share the post. The company provides a community for artists to create, perform, and further their development while sharing creative and financial resources. Committed to artistic partnership, TS/MP continuously works with visual artists, musicians, actors, and videographers to find exciting, inventive ways to create dance.
Hails from: Chicago, IL
Previous Fringes: Fringe virgin
photo credit: Michelle Alba
Critics' Reviews
Reviews
Cincinnati Gets the Fringe of It
From Soapbox Magazine
by Alison Vodnoy
"Safety in Numbers combines the voices of many different choreographers, and the flavors of many different parts of Chicago. Everyone in our company has a different experience of living in the city - some people came for anonymity, some are part of many different communities here - the show is all those different perspectives," Esposito says.
Like Pones, their show also holds a sense of diverse pieces being stitched together to create a beautiful and complete fabric. The Space/Movement Project in fact worked with a seamstress to create patchwork costumes out of different pieces of wool.
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Where do they get all that energy?
rating systems:
1=Disappointed 2=Enjoyed 3=Recommend 4=Encore
Fringe rating
FRINGY=what you only expect to see at a Fringe festival
FRINGIER=even at a Fringe festival you think- wow, that
was different
FRINGIEST=pushes the boundaries of what you ever see anywhere
SAFETY IN NUMBERS Randy 2.5 * Suzana 3 * Cliff 3 *
Wonderful energy and grace. My mind wandered which is not a comment on
the dancers but on my mind after 12 shows this weekend. Still, I enjoyed it.
Suzana and Cliff bought their music and recommend both the show and
the music. I do like dance performances in general, and this one is
continuous and flowing. That is why I comment on the energy. The dancers
change tempos and are not all on stage every minute, but the dance is a solid
piece and I admire what it takes to make it seem so easy.
CityBeat Review
by Julie Mullins
If movement serves as language, then the Space Movement Project, a Chicago-based modern dance collective, displays fluency in its Cincy Fringe debut, Safety in Numbers. The six women dance a lot throughout the piece, and their movement vocabulary proved extensive; I recall only a few recurring motifs.
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Full article here
by Julie Mullins
As anyone in a big city knows, familiarity and comfort can require time and effort. Modern dance collective The Space Movement Project delved into the individual experiences of its company members — some Chicago newcomers and some natives — to find differences and common ground in their ties to the city.
Safety in Numbers evolved from its original format (a sold-out two-week run): Each person’s “story” has been revisited and re-created as part of a new choreographic amalgamation. The ensemble works collaboratively without a singular artistic director; all members share creative duties and financial resources. Safety in numbers, indeed.