Blood, Sea

Fri Jun 23 2023 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

Studio 34 Yoga | Healing | Arts | Philadelphia

Morgan FitzPatrick Andrews
Publisher/HostMorgan FitzPatrick Andrews
Blood, Sea
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BLOOD, SEA
Performed by Nicole Bindler & Julius Masri
Friday, June 23 at Studio 34
Doors 7:30pm, performance at 8:00pm
Admission $10–$20 NOTA
Advance tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/blood-sea
Blood, Sea is an improvised dance & music duo. The title is drawn from the writing of Italo Calvino. His short story Blood, Sea refers to the balance of salinity in our blood and in the ocean from which we humans evolved: “Bathed by the primordial wave which continues to flow in the arteries, our blood in fact has a chemical composition analogous to that of the sea of our origins.” As we evolved into terrestrial beings, we brought the sea inside of us onto land.
Nicole Bindler began the creation process in 2017 in collaboration with composer Julius Masri and students from Drexel University through the Ellen Forman Memorial Award. She further developed the work in 2018 with a cast of fifteen Philadelphia-based performers over a year-long rehearsal process during which they explored the organs and systems that contain or are impacted by blood, such as the endocrine and immune systems, and the liver, spleen, heart, etc. Nicole and Julius reunite five years later to perform their duo version of this work.
thINKingDANCE described the previous, large ensemble version of this piece: “The comma in the title carries a lot of weight; I will not witness a sea of blood (nor its dark connotations), but rather blood and sea as independent but intertwining entities. Although both words conjure fluidity, in this opening I am struck by the jerky quality of the dancers’ movements. In Bindler’s world, the aqueous is not tethered to the aesthetic qualities of smooth, slow, continuous, or sequential. The shaking is ceaseless, which allows my musings to multiply, especially around the embryonic, evolutionary, and blood-based language… The night’s live music is composed by Julius Masri, who tends to stick to the downstage corner and cause soundscapes to flow from electronic instruments I am unfamiliar with. In this particular moment, he plays a lone note that surfaces and… ripples.”
Studio 34 is a mask-optional sober space located up one flight of stairs at 4522 Baltimore Ave. See more about the show at www.studio34yoga.com/events/performance-blood-sea
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Studio 34 Yoga | Healing | Arts, 4522 Baltimore Ave,Philadelphia,PA,United States

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