GENESIS
GRAD SHOW 2016
Simon Fraser University, Woodwards.
Choreographer: Rachel Helten in collaboration with performers
Music: Original composition + performance by Nathan Marsh
Dancers: Amanda Damaren, Rachel Helten, Madeline de Shield, Betty Meng, Anna Dueck, Melissa Panetta, Larissa Duff-Grant + Alisa Vink
Lighting Designer: Jake Lindsey
GRAD SHOW 2016
Simon Fraser University, Woodwards.
Choreographer: Rachel Helten in collaboration with performers
Music: Original composition + performance by Nathan Marsh
Dancers: Amanda Damaren, Rachel Helten, Madeline de Shield, Betty Meng, Anna Dueck, Melissa Panetta, Larissa Duff-Grant + Alisa Vink
Lighting Designer: Jake Lindsey
SPECTRE
Choreographer: Rachel Helten
Music: "Spectre" by Radiohead
Dancers: Rachel Helten
Lighting Designer: Jake Lindsey
Choreographer: Rachel Helten
Music: "Spectre" by Radiohead
Dancers: Rachel Helten
Lighting Designer: Jake Lindsey
In collaboration with my peers we co-created an hour-long movement-based mosaic commemorating our journey as students at SFU. I collaborated with lighting designer Jake Lindsey, composer Nathan Marsh and fellow peers. I choreographed a group piece that included 8 dancers, a trio, a quartet, and solo. I found inspiration through various mediums and experiences i.e. memories, shared stories, paintings done by Salvador Dali such as “Bacchanale” which in my vision seemed to grasp the essence of our journey- a mixture of internal ruction and immense solace.
"Our seeds are planted here...on these grounds of yearning appendages, painted reveries, dynamic sound, moving pictures, lively characters, poetic knowledge and logical wisdom.
Our seeds are planted here...where solace can be found in this realm of like-minded thinkers and the nurturing of their creative souls. These hallways echo our bold-humility.
We attempt to shed light on the complexity of the human experience.
We speak in languages beyond words.
For our horizons are not always serene but wrought with broken fragments of our past.
Ever wavering like the dulcet aubade of each morning.
We bravely continue our quest the best way we know how.
Through absurdity, beauty, and darkness.
We try to connect.
We fail.
We succeed.
We lose ourselves.
Seeking refuge in each other and our craft.
Life-long bonds are created through communicating the truth in our bodies.
Giving a voice for those who cannot speak.
We ride the same shadowed waves together.
We move as one. We heal. And sail to the shores of catharsis.
The roles we play enrich the mosaic of our lives with unique colours and vibrancy.
Outside masks question the value of our process.
But the value of our purpose resonates with the pulse of our human nature.
We flourish like a forest beyond the burdened land. Our movement amplifies our personal journeys.
We bravely express our vulnerability, exposing the bones of our fears.
Our passion ignites like Prometheus endowing our world with flame.
We refuse to merely exist but choose to live with intense energy.
Our Promethean nature drives us as we daringly create with an insatiable need to rebel against the norm.
Our seeds are planted here.
We will flourish like a forest beyond the burdened land."
-Rachel Helten
"Our seeds are planted here...on these grounds of yearning appendages, painted reveries, dynamic sound, moving pictures, lively characters, poetic knowledge and logical wisdom.
Our seeds are planted here...where solace can be found in this realm of like-minded thinkers and the nurturing of their creative souls. These hallways echo our bold-humility.
We attempt to shed light on the complexity of the human experience.
We speak in languages beyond words.
For our horizons are not always serene but wrought with broken fragments of our past.
Ever wavering like the dulcet aubade of each morning.
We bravely continue our quest the best way we know how.
Through absurdity, beauty, and darkness.
We try to connect.
We fail.
We succeed.
We lose ourselves.
Seeking refuge in each other and our craft.
Life-long bonds are created through communicating the truth in our bodies.
Giving a voice for those who cannot speak.
We ride the same shadowed waves together.
We move as one. We heal. And sail to the shores of catharsis.
The roles we play enrich the mosaic of our lives with unique colours and vibrancy.
Outside masks question the value of our process.
But the value of our purpose resonates with the pulse of our human nature.
We flourish like a forest beyond the burdened land. Our movement amplifies our personal journeys.
We bravely express our vulnerability, exposing the bones of our fears.
Our passion ignites like Prometheus endowing our world with flame.
We refuse to merely exist but choose to live with intense energy.
Our Promethean nature drives us as we daringly create with an insatiable need to rebel against the norm.
Our seeds are planted here.
We will flourish like a forest beyond the burdened land."
-Rachel Helten