Residency Concert

Consisting of four pieces, each in collaboration with a different Stanford doctoral student, this Residency Concert merged adaptive projection and sound design with explorative movement and kinetic sculptures.

Pandora’s Dream by Celeste Betancur Guiterrez

Pandora is a messy and chaotic software that can learn from pixels and audio inputs. / She has been learning during the last year from artists from all over the world including RGGTRN (Mex), Distractfold (UK), Jack Amitage (UK, Iceland), SLOrk (USA), Sami Wurm (USA) and now she is prepared to take us into one of her deepest dreams in collaboration with LEIMAY Ensemble. The music will be selected/generated/mixed by her using her previous training on the above-mentioned artist and visuals are part of recordings captured during rehearsals with the LEIMAY dancers. / The piece is around 15 minutes and every time is new, including rehearsals and performances

Eidolon by Anna Anna Golubkova

Special thanks to Andrei Shliapin, Eugene Vasilenko, Alex Volianuik / Stanford DMA student Anna in collaboration with LEIMAY Ensemble presents Eidolon , a 7-minute dance performance exploring the complexities of identity perception. Morphing facial projections on stage create a visually dynamic backdrop for the dancers’ movement, reflecting the ever-shifting nature of self. The performance is driven by pulsating rhythms and hypnotic bass, as the dancers navigate the dynamic interplay between external projections and internal reflections.

Gui Huo by Lemon Guo

“Gui Huo” are balls of fire that appear near cemeteries or deserted areas at night. I imagine it as the afterlife of all that is internalized in the body during the lifetime. Loosely based on folk songs from the Kam people in southwest China and a funeral ritual from northeast China.

Home by Mike Mulshine

Home explores pluralistic conceptions of home through sound, movement, and sculpture. Home is a place, a community, or a feeling. To Masa, Maitlin, Akane, and Krystel, home is: “where delicious food touches my heart”…”being around the bonfire at my Aunt Wendy’s house”…”where the blankets are”…”an anchor to an infinite tether.”