{"id":35130,"date":"2016-09-09T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T19:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=35130"},"modified":"2016-09-15T13:19:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T19:19:40","slug":"nomad-at-the-nomad-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/nomad-at-the-nomad-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomad at the Nomad Network"},"content":{"rendered":"
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courtesy of the Nomad event page<\/p><\/div>\n

Dancer stands in black<\/em>
\nMouth open yelling <\/em>
\nno sound<\/em><\/p>\n

the streetcar leaves<\/em>
\ndusk is coming, clouds backlit, urban landscape<\/em>
\nanother dancer approaches <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n


\nNomad <\/em>presented a handful of new works by recent University of Utah graduates Natalie Border, Austin Hardy,\u00a0and Elle Johansen at the Nomad Network, a collective arts space that sits alongside the Sugar House streetcar.\u00a0The event began outside with a duet between Border and Micah Burkhardt in which Burkhardt was free to use the space while Border is confined to the platform at the entrance.\u00a0There are a series of lifts and integrated partnering, and at one point both dancers stand looking west to the mountains as if in an urban rendition of Appalachian Spring<\/u><\/em>.\u00a0The rest of the duet doesn\u2019t necessarily support this image, and like the opening image of a suppressed scream, it is not revisited.\u00a0The dancers pause and stare as the streetcar whirls by, providing the only accompaniment to this section.\u00a0As the audience sits and stands informally,\u00a0we get to enjoy the (end of summer,\u00a0looming fall) evening and the two dancers highlighting the utilitarian aspects of the venue.<\/p>\n

We are eventually led to an upstairs space with a small stage, a rope swing, a staircase, and seating on three sides.\u00a0It is intermission, and snacks and drinks are provided.\u00a0The show recommences with Johansen swinging, Ashley Creek drawing with pink chalk, and Marli Hughes gesturing.\u00a0What follows is a series of vignettes, some in silence; others with recorded music.\u00a0 The highlight of this section is when a door opens stage right and reveals a trio juxtaposing the movement happening center stage.\u00a0It immediately made the space more dynamic, as if we were in a \u201dchoose your own adventure\u201d and surprise rooms and numbers could appear at any time.\u00a0Those who were sitting on the opposite side of the stage most likely missed this moment, as others missed certain aspects of the procession it took to arrive in the upstairs loft. That is both the beauty and the beast of Nomad<\/em>: some things will be missed, but, for those who do find an experience, they feel they’ve discovered something special.<\/p>\n

At times the actual choreography felt young, and perhaps needs time to distill and refine; however the use of the space, and the way the audience was guided was both innovative and magical.\u00a0This is a newish model of dance performance that is emerging in Salt Lake City and it is departing from the tried (and maybe tired) model of the traditional proscenium space.\u00a0The recipe:\u00a0get people together, provide drinks and\/or snacks, expose the community to a new location, have some live music (in this case provided by Pablo Blaqk) and last,\u00a0show a body of work.\u00a0Within varying degrees this model is working, because if one of the elements doesn\u2019t come to fruition, there are other aspects that buffer and keep the evening afloat. It’s hard not to enjoy a night out with a lively community, refreshments, and performance.<\/p>\n

This article is published in collaboration with loveDANCEmore.org<\/a>
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