"ExpecTUtion delves into how our expectations,
especially those we do not notice, shape our actions." - Katrina O'Brien
"ExpecTUtion delves into how our expectations,
especially those we do not notice, shape our actions." - Katrina O'Brien
>>Premiere performances: Nov 19th-22nd, 2009 at Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC)
In defining its constitution of expectation, KO&Co. asks: Do we reshape our action to fit our expectation or do we reshape ourselves to deal with the unforeseen realities? How do actions depend on the delivery of what we do or do not expect? We will find our answers in the fold of a slope, between flesh and wood, and in the findings of our own expectations.
ExpecTUtion reshapes the flat dance floor to re-examine our constitution of expectation and how the ripple effect shows itself as KO&Co. mobilizes across a 16x20 stage of convex and concave curves - including a concaved curve covering nearly 12 feet, a deep convex slope, and an open arch.
The stage is brought together with the help of Mr. Plywood and the donated time and expertise of seven local carpenters, each building three or four of the 20 4x4 segments that make up the 16x20 stage designed by Carly Boynton.
KO&Co., now housed at Rotture studios in SE Portland, started rehearsals for ExpecTUtion in January 2009 and is working on a collection of dances including an ensemble, solo series, quartet and trio that each uniquely dive into the world of expectations and stage interactions.
The Carpenters of ExpecTUtion
Justin |
Andrew & Jeremy |
Glenda Ford |
Jake Colacchio |
Rodney E. Bender |
>>Next performance: August 27th-29th, 2009, Conduit @ 918 SW Yamhill St
Rent to Own tells the tale of what we do in order to own what can be ours. In a series of seven vignettes of solos and duets, KO&Co.’s Paige McKinney and Katrina O’Brien navigate the maze; scrambling, reaching, strategizing, waiting for one another in order to make the mirage of home real.
O’Brien and McKinney traverse the terrain of the foreign whether meeting the awkwardness of closeness, the further extension of drawing out a moment, the locomotion of inversion, the articulation of the staccato, or the calamity of syncopation.
As visitors in another’s skin, they find a home that is bewildering, calm, alien, masked, presentable, and known. As owners, they show a home as safety, bribe, mirage, comfort, trick, and prize. Together they create a dance of reshaped discomforts, unapologetic leads and twisting truths.
Rent to Own premiered at Fertile Ground Festival's Kick/Ball/Change and PerformanceWorks NW's Boris and Natasha Cabaret.