Inspired by the fact that light from a star is actually memory made visible, Shape of Memory is a roving, site-specific work that uses gravity, distance, and scale, to explore how memory inhabits the body and the self, the individual and the collective. What roles do modern and timeless iconography and myths have in influencing our individual and collective memories and decisions? As sentient human beings, how do our memories inhabit and shape our bodies?
With an original score by composer/guitarist Nels Cline of Wilco (one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of all time”), with Elgart’s frequent collaborator composer Paul Chavez of FeltLike, Shape of Memory is a work about the ephemerality of dance and life and about reclaiming things lost in the face of the unstoppable passage of time. The work seeks to create a new memory and leave a lingering “ghost imprint” in the collective consciousness of the audience’s experience.
| Sarah Elgart | Arrogant Elbow engages audiences by transforming and catalyzing stages, screens, and sites, and painting them with singular visuals and visceral movement drawn from the quotidian human experience. Critically acclaimed, Elgart’s work has been called “Particularly masterly… Highly charged and emotionally riveting work” (Washington Post). |
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