Crash Crash Crash! Live in Cinemascope!

So i've finally gotten it online! Sorry for the glitchy beginning (i had edited it out, but somehow uploaded this one...) but i can't wait any longer - i have to SHARE!

Here's the vid from our April 12th performance at DanceNOW[nyc]'s RAW festival! Check it out and TELL! US! WHAT! YOU! THINK!


13 Variations on a Car Crash - live performance version from Sarah A.O. Rosner on Vimeo.

You can just post about what you saw, what it made you think or feel, or you can check out the questions we posted if you want to respond to something more specific. Remember, there's no wrong way to see it, no wrong thing to take from it. Feedback on a new work is always immensely helpful, especially while it's still in process. It also just feels good to know that someone's out there on the other side of the 4th wall - sometimes a piece spends so long in the studio or in your head that it's hard to take it out of that context and think about the people who will be seeing it. And if you've got something to say but are shy about posting it publicly, you can always email us at theAOMC@gmail.com

We'll be showing a newer version of this (with an added three minutes from the section that leads into it at the beginning) when we perform with CrossCurrents Dance Company at the Dance Place in DC at the end of May, so all you DCers, put it on your calendars and tell all your friends! It's actually really nice to look forward to performing this again - it's become quite a baby of mine.

That being said, c o m m e n t a w a y !

Slow Lift Evolving

Here's some rehearsal footage from the week before last, it's Caity and Cristina's "Slow Lift Evolving". We've been working on it on and off for over a month. Originally it was going to be for Carlos and Caity, but i've become quite attached to it in this pairing.

It was originally constructed to be a slow dance/slow lift sequence - it's something i've been trying to catch ever since i made one for Levon and Ariel in a comp class in college, and lacked the foresight to get it on film. Lost forever, how sad. This isn't the same thing at all, but some of the lovely parts are still there and still my favorites, specifically when the climbing gets effortful.

Lillie and Cory have also learned the sequence, but not to do with each other. The original idea was to have it be Carlos and Caity, which quickly morphed into the idea of having it be Carlos/Caity, Lillie/Julia, and Cristina/Cory. The dynamic would change a lot were it male and female, yes?

Still deciding how it will be...i'll let you know when i get it figured out...