"impelled by the drums of the Heyna Second Sons... Pearson and his dancers pivot at the pelvis like oil-pump jacks" – The New Yorker
Project Description:
Lacuna (2006) is a site-specific work choreographed by Tom Pearson for the empty Reflecting Pool at Lincoln Center and commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. for Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, 2006. The work is the last to be performed in the Reflecting Pool and North Plaza area before rennovation. In this third collaboration between choreographer Pearson and composer Louis Mofsie (with The Heyna Second Sons and Rob Mastrianni playing live), they continue to map an intersection of traditional American Indian and contemporary music forms with contemporary dance. With its whiplash quality, the movement vocabulary borrows structures and images from both ritual and the urban environment and contemplates shifting notions of cultural identity, transition, and transformation in public spaces.
"Don't Miss!" – Gia Kourlas, Time Out New York
Choreography by Tom Pearson,in collaboration with the performers
Assistant Director: Zach Morris Performed by: Donna Ahmadi, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Zach Morris, Tom Pearson, Mayuna Shimizu, Michael Taylor
Live Score Louis Mofsie with the Heyna Second Sons (percussion) & Rob Mastrianni (guitar)
Production Stage Manager: Andrea Dohar
Video:
From the feature article, "On Endless Stages, Outdoor Dance Tempts Audiences and Trouble,” by Roslyn Sulcas for The New York Times, August 30, 2006:
Dancers spilling over balconies on Wall Street, whiplashing through the Lincoln Center reflecting pool or performing for thousands of people in Prospect Park are part and parcel of the pleasures of summertime in New York City...
What I like about outdoor work is that it’s a collaboration with the public,” said Tom Pearson, who created “Lacuna” in the reflecting pool at Lincoln Center (they drained it first) for this year’s Lincoln Center Out of Doors. “Everything in the environment becomes part of your work, and at the same time, people see how art interrupts or illuminates their everyday space.”
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Credits:
Lacuna was originally commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. for Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors and is made possible by a Harkness Space Grant from the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center. Additional support for the work came from Materials for the Arts/New York City Department of Cultural Affairs/Department of Sanitation, and Third Rail Projects with support from The Lucky Star Foundation and individual and institutional donors._\
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors is sponsored by Bloomberg and PepsiCo Inc. with additional generous support from foundations, corporations, individuals and government agencies.the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's SiteLines series and co-presented with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York City. REEL was part of the River to River Festival 2005. Material for REEL was created while in residence at LMCC's MOVE: 133 Beekman in space generously provided by General Growth Properties, Inc. __ ___
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