Choreographed by Justine A. Chambers
Commissioned and performed by Jenn Goodwin
Working with text from Goodwin’s previous works as a departure point for exploration and experimentation, Chambers imposes a series of new narratives on the text by removing it from its context of origin. Through the reconfiguring of words and the transformative potential of repetition, text becomes narrative, object and subject. The movement vocabulary will be culled from Goodwin in the seemingly banal activities of her day to day. Through a series of choreographic filters (repetition, distillation, and degeneration), the movement develops as a frame for the text, while working with the foundation of one, long, extended fall, with micro falls, actions, filters within.
Falling - the Cover
The Structure
165, 3, 2, 1, one, 2, four thousand, 16, 60, 20, one thousand, 10, 45, 16, one, one, one, one, two, several
feet, slip, dirty sock, seconds, minutes, kilometres, feet, feet, miles, feet, dying cat, apple, love letters, lipsticks,
moisturizer, Ljenstraat
i’m i’m i’m i’m i’m i’m
me me me me me
my my my my my my my
he he He he
him him him
his his
he’d
abby
boyfriend
catholic catholic
Christopher
daughter
dog
God god
grandma
admit admit
afraid afraid
Alive alive
ate ate
admitted
being being!
become!
began!
believe
blared!
blew!
bought!
came!
closed
did did did did did did did did did (9)
do do do do
!
do
didn’t didn’t didn’t didn’t
die die die
dare dare
dying dying
denial
dirty
disregard
distract
dropped
expected
falling falling falling falling
fallen fallen fallen
fell fell fell
feel feel feel
fearing
Fail
!
found
fucking
gave gave gave
give give give
go go go go go go
going
gone
got got got
grabbed
have have have have have have have
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held held
jump
jumped
kill kill
locked
looked looked looked
lurched
acid
apple
body body body body body body body
beer beer
bottle bottle
bike
bridge
cake cake
car car
cat cat
CD
cig
credit
drugs
ears
foot foot feet feet feet feet feet
ginger ale
hospital hospital
knife
leather
magazine
a x 29
at at
are
but but but but but but but
be be be be be be
can
can’t
for for for for for
free free
fucken
gave gave gave
happier
how how
in in in in in in in in i`n
it it it it it
know
like like
money money
made
man
With thanks to The Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council, The Canada Council for the Arts.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.