Photo by Scott Groller
This behind the scenes workshop on Zoom is the next iteration of B. Dunn Movement’s signature work ECHO Immersive Experience (EIE). EIE is immersive theater intersecting live performance, music, set, costume, and sound design with Virtual and Augmented Reality platforms. EIE creates a tapestry weaving together narratives from the kidnapping and enslavement of tens of millions of African people over hundreds of years of forced migration. EIE seeks to unpack embodied traumas that reverberate inside memories and across generations; exploring themes of race, masked identity, commodification of Black and Brown bodies, and systematic erasure of Black narratives.
Participants in the workshop will be invited into a process of creative development with Choreographer/AD B.Dunn and XR Director Nak Yong Choi. Using multisensory movement prompts and visual art exploration, the workshop will invite people of all skill levels to experience how Dunn creates her uniquely engaging and visceral dance-theatre work. The knowledge and memory we hold in our bodies, collectively and individually, will be examined and shared during this process, inviting dialogue about identity, culture, community, and shared humanity. The workshop will create space for open conversations and questions about the process and content of the work.
The workshop on January 30th is first in a series of a three-part series of engaging workshops introducing participants to the creative process behind B.Dunn Movements newest work: Echo Immersive Theater. Workshop 1 (1/30) will introduce the movement and visual art/animation/VR process, workshop 2 (3/13) will explore costumes and their relationship to identity and presentation, and workshop 3 (5/15) will focus on the staging and soundscape. Participants can join one workshop or attending all three to understand the depth and breadth of the world being created within EIE.
Brigette Dunn-Korpela is a CultureHub Resident Artist (2020-2021). Learn more about her work in the residency program here.
To participate, register via the link below to receive a Zoom link. Wear comfortable clothes you can move in and have something to sketch with handy. Please note that this workshop will be recorded for archival purposes.
This event is free! Please consider donating any amount when you RSVP to support our on-going productions and development of LiveLab.
Saturday, January 30, 2021
2pm–3:30pm EST / 11am–12:30pm PST