LEG UP ! 2020
A Dezza Dance Production at The Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre.
Choreographer: Rachel Helten in collaboration with performers
Music: Composition and live music by Benjamin Helten + "Misplaced in Time" by The Caretaker
Projections: Digital art created by Ezequiel Peralta
Dancers: Sophie Brassard, Chelsea Goddard and Rachel Helten
Length: 30 Minutes (approximately).
She writes love letters in our palms as she asks us to return. Redemption is found in the dirt of deep listening. Hope is seen in the sky. In the tenderness between us, we find unity. For the truth is that we belong to her. We belong to each other. Our veins like her branches. Reminding us that we are one.
Our veins like her branches is a love letter for mother nature. In this work, we embody our symbiotic dance with nature while mourning our violent separation from her, from ourselves and one another. In light of our current climate crisis, this subject weighs heavily on our hearts and minds. Through the mediums of dynamic movement, live electric guitar, and real-time digital projections we endeavor to share this story through a journey of ceremony, harmony, destruction, and redemption. We explore how this collective grief lives within our bodies and the undertones of loss, anger, and helplessness. While by the grace of our tenderness, connection, and bravery we uncover the truth of our unity and the love that lives within all things.
A Dezza Dance Production at The Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre.
Choreographer: Rachel Helten in collaboration with performers
Music: Composition and live music by Benjamin Helten + "Misplaced in Time" by The Caretaker
Projections: Digital art created by Ezequiel Peralta
Dancers: Sophie Brassard, Chelsea Goddard and Rachel Helten
Length: 30 Minutes (approximately).
She writes love letters in our palms as she asks us to return. Redemption is found in the dirt of deep listening. Hope is seen in the sky. In the tenderness between us, we find unity. For the truth is that we belong to her. We belong to each other. Our veins like her branches. Reminding us that we are one.
Our veins like her branches is a love letter for mother nature. In this work, we embody our symbiotic dance with nature while mourning our violent separation from her, from ourselves and one another. In light of our current climate crisis, this subject weighs heavily on our hearts and minds. Through the mediums of dynamic movement, live electric guitar, and real-time digital projections we endeavor to share this story through a journey of ceremony, harmony, destruction, and redemption. We explore how this collective grief lives within our bodies and the undertones of loss, anger, and helplessness. While by the grace of our tenderness, connection, and bravery we uncover the truth of our unity and the love that lives within all things.
Our veins like her branches | First iteration
12 MINUTES MAX Fall 2019
The Dance Centre
Mentorship: Raina Von Waldenberg + Idan Cohen
Choreographer: Rachel Helten in collaboration with performers
Dancers: Chelsea Goddard, Sophie Brassard + Rachel Helten
Music: Original Composition + Performance Benjamin Helten
Artist blog about creation process from 12 Minutes Max: https://thedancecentre.ca/story/12-minutes-max-choreography-creation-and-human-connection/
12 MINUTES MAX Fall 2019
The Dance Centre
Mentorship: Raina Von Waldenberg + Idan Cohen
Choreographer: Rachel Helten in collaboration with performers
Dancers: Chelsea Goddard, Sophie Brassard + Rachel Helten
Music: Original Composition + Performance Benjamin Helten
Artist blog about creation process from 12 Minutes Max: https://thedancecentre.ca/story/12-minutes-max-choreography-creation-and-human-connection/