Sally RenshawPerformance Artist
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	Past Work			For my MA Art and Design (Studio Practice), at Loughborough University, I have been exploring and experimenting with my body and a variety of technologies to map the movement of the dancing figure within space. The primary purpose of my project is to see how my body reacts and responds to space, as well as questioning how people see and experience space in relation to their own physical presence. I have explored and experimented with a variety of public spaces and environments, which are not necessarily associated with dance and movement, creating site-specific performances. In addition, in order to record and document the movement of the dancing figure within space I have explored and experimented with the spectator's and dancer's perspective, as well as different cameras as a drawing tool e.g. CCTV, digital and mobile phone cameras. I have also explored and experimented with different computer programs with cameras built into or attached to the software, such as, Photo Booth and Motion Capture. Previously I have performed the same dance in different locations and on different objects, exploring how the body and movement adjusts, adapts to the change in environment, situation. For example, I have performed in a corridor, in a lift, in a tree, and even in a toilet. As a result of this experimentation I then started to consider and explore what could happen if a dance is choreographed for a specific site or object, such as, a chair, stairway, computer, or TV screen. What kind of movement material can be generated and how can this movement material be documented? Does the space leave a trace on the dancer, does the dancer leave a trace on the space, or do they become one and the same? For example, I have choreographed a performance on a stairway within the Loughborough University School of Art and Design entrance foyer. In addition, within the computer program Maya, Motion Capture and Motion Builder, which is currently a work in progress, I am trying to recreate the dancing figure (myself) three-dimensionally. I feel that my current practice relates to the experimental dance of the 1960s, particularly the work of the Judson Dance Theatre and choreographers, such as, Trisha Brown. Experimental dance questioned where dance could be performed, taking dance outside of the theatre. My work also relates to the exploration into dance for camera, as in the computer-generated choreography of Merce Cunningham, as well as the dance theatre of Jasmin Vardimon, the physical theatre of DV8 and the site-specific performances of Marylee Hardenbergh.
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	Sleeping Bag
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	Stairway
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