![]() ![]() They found that they would cycle, beginning in one place, one set of movements, and returning to them over time, each time with different energy and intent.Ĭreating the work as they go, constantly changing, they keep moving onto unexpected ground, and Chauke enjoys the rawness of it. They have not performed for eight hours nonstop before, Chauke said, but they have performed for four, in an earlier work called "0.1."Īt that pace, their choreography took on a kind of rhythm in its structure, he said. And in a related vein, Chauke and Fana envision this longform improvisation as a test of their own bodies. Human relationships with the earth can form their own natural cycles, he said, like parents caring for children, and children respecting their parents and the rules of the house.īut people are testing the earth’s physical limits. People need to take care of the earth as the earth takes care of people, he said, and taking care does not need to take much effort - natural cycles can replenish themselves, and natural systems can reproduce themselves, given space and time, as trees and plants breathe in the carbon dioxide people breathe out and give back oxygen to fuel mobile creatures. “We are people of the soil,” he said, “and the minute that connection disappears, it’s the end of the human race.” He defines a relationship he feels is deeply important for everyone, he said and especially vital now. “It's exciting to have him in residence at Mass MoCA creating a new work,” she said, and we're so grateful that he is opening up his process to museum visitors.”Ĭhauke roots the work in human connection to the natural world. She has come to know Thulane’s artistry from his work with Gregory Maqoma, director of Vuyani Dance Theatre, and through "The Head and the Load." “His movement vocabulary is so beautiful,” said Pamela Tatge, executive and artistic director of Jacob’s Pillow, “and I look forward to seeing how all of the elements will come together to create an immersive experience for audiences.” Fire burns, he said, and flames may look translucent and harmless or visceral and stronger than a human frame can stand. In this kind of improvisation, he and Tshabalala will begin with a substance like earth and a sense of surfaces and textures they imagine moving on and through, how rough or smooth they are, as hard as baked clay or soft as tidal mud.Īnd the elements can change. Earth, air, water - nature is affected daily. When we look at how we as human beings are messing up the ozone layer … it all becomes relative. ![]() ![]() “Your pain and my pain may differ in circumstances,” he said, “and yet we can share similar. He and Tshabalala will explore the elements of life, he said, speaking by phone from his home in South Africa - they will shape earth and air and water and fire, and shade into the more than 100 elements in the periodic table.Īs they embody complex atomic structures, each one feeding from another, they probe the balance of the natural world and a broad perspective on human experience. In this work they will go farther than they have gone before, performing across a full day. And they mean the name literally, Chauke said. Longtime partners in collaboration, they will come to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art as artists-in-residence supported by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and perform a new work, " Eight Elements in Eight Hours," March 9-11. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday.Īdmission: Included with museum admission. Audience members can come and go as they please. Where: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams Created in collaboration with Chauke’s fellow South African dancer, Albert Fana Tshabalala, and featuring improvised live music, museum visitors are welcome to come and go throughout the day. ![]() What: In conjunction with William Kentridge Studios,Thulani Chauke, will be in residence developing a new site-specific durational dance work set in a gallery space. ![]()
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