Elizabeth A. Miklavcic - Choreographic Works
Photographic Memory - March 5, 1994
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Photographic Memory (1994)
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Choreographers: Elizabeth A. Miklavcic & Jimmy H. Miklavcic Music: (Video Credits) Costuming: Elizabeth A. Miklavcic Set Design: Elizabeth & Jimmy Miklavcic Set Construction: Jimmy H. Miklavcic Lighting: Jimmy H. Miklavcic Dancers: Elizabeth A. Miklavcic & Jimmy H. Miklavcic Location: Another Language Performance Studio, 345 West Pierpont Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah Length: 11:51 minutes |
Description
Inspired by the title of a poem by William Butler Yeats, To A Wealthy Man Who Promised A Second Subscription To The Dublin Municipal Gallery If It Were Proved The People Wanted Pictures, from the book Responsibilities: Poems and a Play. Elizabeth pictured as she read this title, dancers in frames instead of paintings. She thought of old photos on bureaus of great, great grandmothers and grandfathers posing in their Sunday best for a family portrait. Danced by Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic, Photographic Memory is based on the concept of a troubled relationship. In this case, the couple begin together then split apart, and come together again, ending when Jimmy finally disappears, leaving for good. The dance movements combine moments of stillness as if frozen in a picture frame; constrained, resistant, slow motion movement, as well as fast release movement symbolizing moments of freedom for the individuals, especially for the female dancer. Her sadness by the eventual leaving of the man could be interpreted in such a way, that her life ends when the relationship ends. (Specific performance description in process.) |