This blog is a place to communicate ideas for Berkeley Dance Project: 2015
The project is being created within the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies Department at UC Berkeley.
Blog contributors include Undergraduate Research Apprentices: Timothy Ma and Jenny (Shangjun) Jiang with Associate Professor Lisa Wymore
As the Berkeley Dance Project enters its final stages, rehearsals have moved from the Bancroft Studio to the Zellerbach Playhouse, where the actual performances will take place. On Monday night, I visited Lisa Wymore's rehearsal. Based on what I saw, it's clear that the performances are really shaping up. Here are some photographs of the rehearsal. Lisa's piece is inspired by explorations into order and disorder, and consequently features stunning phrases of completely synchronized movement which are then suddenly disrupted by moments of mayhem and disarray. Until next time, Tim