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RAMMED EARTH (2007)

Drawing inspiration from the ancient building technique of the title, RAMMED EARTH explores architecture as a fundamental, subliminal force intervening in the human narrative. Tere O’Connor looks to concepts of adaptability in contemporary architecture as a source. The new evening length work brings into evidence the shifting layers of architectural reference in dance as the dancers create a tumultuous liquid space in constant evolution. RAMMED EARTH is created in collaboration with O'Connor's longtime artistic partners - lighting designer Brian MacDevitt and composer James Baker, and is performed by his four versatile dancers – Hilary Clark, Heather Olson, Matthew Rogers and Christopher Williams.

RAMMED EARTH is appropriate for presentation in raw and/or alternative spaces as well as proscenium theater settings. The concepts that drive the work lend themselves to a constant re-imagining of the spaces where it can live. RAMMED EARTH premiered at the Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia in September 2007. (60-minutes)
 
 

 

RAMMED EARTH is made possible by the Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance Project, a program administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation and MetLife Foundation. RAMMED EARTH was created with the generous support of The Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund; the National Endowment for the Arts; Altria Group, Inc.; the Bossak-Heilbron Charitable Foundation; and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

RAMMED EARTH is also made possible, in part, with funds from the 2007-08 Danspace Project Commissioning Initiative with support from the Mid-Size Presenting Organizations Initiative, implemented by the Nonprofit Finance Fund and funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

 

 

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Photographs by Paula Court, Yi-Chun Wu, Paul H. Taylor