Composer Wayne Horvitz and Choreographer Yukio Suzuki
Seattle-based composer/pianist Wayne Horvitz, audio engineer and producer Tucker Martine, Japanese dancer/choreographer Yukio Suzuki and Japanese video artist Yohei Saito will be in residence at Centrum in 2012 for a three-week period to create Music and Dance in Concrete. The new multimedia piece will receive its world premiere September 21-23, 2012 in Fort Worden State Park's historic batteries and cistern on as part of Centrum's Reverberations festival.
The project will feature 55 short improvised and 55 composed works which will include installations that utilize video screens and speakers placed in the concrete military structures, live performances from Suzuki and his dancers on the gun emplacement platforms, and performances from Horvitz and guest musicians in the Harpole Cistern, which is known worldwide for its long reverberation time.
Visitors will be able to walk through concrete structures and will experience the Cistern performance from the lawn that lies above the chamber. The schedule for these free events will be announced later this year.Reverberations will be presented on the same weekend as the acclaimed Port Townsend Film Festival, and it is expected that there will be some collaborative events between Centrum and the Port Townsend Film Institute during that period.
Music and Dance in Concrete has received initial funding from the MAP Fund and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, as well as support from the Arizona State University Art Museum where it will be presented following its premiere in Port Townsend. The Centrum Artist Residency program is made possible by support from the Washington State Arts Commission and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.
Learn more about the project on our Reverberations page.
