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For many of us, our very first playmates are our siblings. Sibling relationships can be fraught and full of mischief, as is the case with the sisters in this dance theater piece I created for the Figment Festival on Governors Island some years ago. In this piece, the sisters attempt an elegant dance that devolves into violence, and then battle in an earnest imitation of martial artists. I toyed with the footage to make it seem like old home movies, and to make it more playful.
Screened at switch 21 in Nenagh, Ireland
switch (s-w-i-t-c-h.org)
Choreography: Christy Walsh
Dancers: Laure Duverger and Christy Walsh
Videography: Spyros Stefanou
Post-production: Christy
Original performance produced by FIGMENT FESTIVAL, Governor’s Island, New York.