Program notes:
A collaborative performance designed for the dys/connect artist showcase in January of 2023, the piece has since been performed at other events including the Charlotte BOOM! Festival and the ABME National Conference. The collaboration starts with an electronic soundscape compiled from bass clarinet motives and pedal tones, transcriptions of Dr. Sarkar’s singing, and reference recordings from the study of Odissi music. Performers will improvise in real time throughout the performance, reacting to each other and the changing soundscape. After some time passes, a cacophony of sound floods the space. The dancer reduces the density of the sound by engaging a device which gradually strips away the cacophony, layer by layer, revealing an altered, undulating audio landscape.