Rachel Orji

             This work is an investigation of sonic liveness. Sonic liveness is the way in which music enlivens a space and as a result, enlivens the bodies inhabiting that space. When a body is enlivened it produces a response (movement) to the thing enlivening it, giving that liveness back to it or passing it on to someone else. I was interested in showing off the various ways a human body could attempt to both respond to and align itself with music. I wanted my dancers to embody the vast and layered soundscapes they were moving to through the visualization of music as an engine and the dancing body as a vehicle.