Testing Testing
Work in Progress
Testing Testing is a dance theatre work that extracts fragments of text, song and sound bytes from recording sessions by famous artists. Actor/dancer Soomi Kim dissects and craftily assembles 4 pieces of recordings that explore conversations and the unplanned verbiage -- from the ridiculous to the profound moments and the space in between, during recordings by celebrity artists. These pieces discover and uncover the fine line of brilliance and absurdity that celebrities experience in their lives and artistic process. This work was developed through the 2014 Mabou Mines Artist in Residence program. The residency was led by Sharon Fogarty, Joanne Akalaitis and David Neumann.
Created by Soomi Kim
Co-choreographed and performed by Soomi Kim and Mark Taylor
Music recorded by Adam Rogers
Performed at Soto Velez Cultural Center June, 2014
Testing Testing (redux) is a remake of the same piece with dance theatre maker Zeke Stewart. This remake will be shown at Dixon Place April 13th, 7:30pm.