Resonance
Cohesion Dance Project approached me with a vision of creating interactive sculpture that would provide the initial impetus for a collaboration of other artists in the fields of dance, poetry, music and visual art. After several months and countless concept drawings the three sculptures in this performance were born. Resonance, my 10th collaboration with choreographers over a period of 24 years, was especially rewarding because, in the words of Tyler Knott-Gregson, “There is art in movement, art in sculpture, art in music, art in words, and to combine them all, to combine so many spirits, is a beautiful thing to witness.”
Resonance collaborators:
Tanya Call, Founder and Creative Director of Cohesion Dance Project
Amber Moon Peterson, choreographer and dancer
Julynn Wilderson, choreographer and dancer
Tyler Knott-Gregson, poet
J Stuart Smith, musician
Matt Plaumann, artist
Matt Bugni, musician
Nicole Woody, artist
Excerpts from the premiere of Resonance ~ an evening of Art Inspiring Art, June 21, 2018 at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena, MT. Features music by J. Stuart Smith, poetry by Tyler Knott Gregson, sculpture design and fabrication by Richard Swanson, visual art projection by Matt Plaumann, and choreography by Amber Moon Peterson, Julynn Wilderson, and Tanya W. Call. Following the performance excerpts are images of the initial launch of Cohesion’s Resonance-based school residencies with 4th graders and students from the Project for Alternative Learning High School.