Vision of Sound: A Concert of Live Music and Dance 2009 "Eine Kinda Bachmusik, pt.2" from "3 preludes to missing the point" Choreagraphy: Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell Piano: Blaise Bryski Dancers (The Syracuse University South Side Initiative KUUMBA Project): Waniesha Allen, Caroline Charles, Ashley Green, Margaret Moreno, Niquan Williams, Amani Wortham
"The Unbearable Being of Likeness" explores a pet peeve of mine: the evolution and thriving art of text speak and the slaughter of conventional language in general. The use of an intentionally distorted and overly-repetitive orchestral lick creates a sort of shell-shocking back drop for fragments of texting transations, coupled with reactions that are all too genuine.
