When Hilary McDaniel-Douglas (Artistic Director for PIM) and I first began discussing ways to collaborate at the Grand Canyon I think neither of us really new what the work would actually be. I had never collaborated with dance in my work before. But I was interested in the idea and learned a great deal about dance from Hilary in the process. After kicking around many ideas through several meetings over four months we decided to take the approach of improvisation and rely on site specific inspiration to guide our creative decisions.

It is impossible to truly perceive the vast space of the canyon. I wanted to frame the dance to reveal that it is taking place in the imperceptible. Dancing beautifully in this video is Lauren Mendoza. She is about 15 to 18 feet above the rim. She is approximately 5295 feet from the canyon floor. The project is filmed at Shoshone Point, Grand Canyon. The Sound of Shoshone Point was capture by the EAR1 Remote Station Sextet.

Thanks to Hilary, Lauren, and Thomas for making this a wonderful collaborative experience.

For more information about Project In Motion check out their site here:

http://www.projectinmotion.com