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Choreographers Elke Rindfleisch and Douglas Dunn discuss their piece Multiple Undo & Other DistortionsInterviewed by Sitelines 2006 Curator, Nolini BarrettoMultiple Undo, like Douglas Dunn’s work in general, maintains and extends an important lineage of modern dance, the found idiom with its roots in Dada and Duchamp, exemplified in the last century by the works of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham. Its essence is the proposition that dance is everywhere and can be made from anything. In this tradition, meaning is not imposed on the dance from some vantage point outside of it, but radiates from the body itself, from the step itself and the myriad details of transiting from one movement to another. Other Distortions was shaped by my initial impression of the many differently oriented angles, lines and slants of the site and its surroundings—vast, and sometimes slightly dizzying and disorienting. While the architectural setting influenced the movement’s twists, torques, and overextended limbs, the actual performance will add the element of ‘co-existing’. Dunn’s group of seven dancers, our trio, and the audience members will become part of each others site and create an ever-changing dynamic. Want more multimedia? We've got it.
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