Another Language Performing Arts Company

Elizabeth A. Miklavcic - Choreographic Works

Photographic Memory - June 25, 1995

Photographic Memory (1995)

Choreographers: Elizabeth A. Miklavcic & Jimmy H. Miklavcic
Music: (Video Credits)
Costuming: Elizabeth A. Miklavcic
Lighting: Jimmy H. Miklavcic
Set Design: Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic
Set Construction: Jimmy H. Miklavcic
Dancers: Elizabeth A. Miklavcic & Jimmy H. Miklavcic
Location: Utah Arts Festival, Amphitheater Stage - Triad Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Length: 10:49 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. Set in the Victorian era, the dance depicts a couple's life, showing moments of joy, dependency, connection and conflict. As the couple looks back on the memory of their relationship, represented by the picture frames, they dance the moments of their lives together. 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.

Amphitheater Stage, Triad Center, Utah Arts Festival, SLC, Utah
Marking the eighth season of Another Language Performing Arts Company participating in the Utah Arts Festival, the Company presented a performance on the Main Amphitheater Stage. Celebrating the Company’s tenth anniversary, the Founding Co-Directors Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic were honored with the 1995 Utah Arts Festival Mayor’s Artists Award in the Performing Arts. The annual Utah Arts Festival performance was a highlight for Another Language, and this 1995 performance, was a featured event in an eventful anniversary year.