June, 2009
Body Mecanique
June 11 - 14 & 18 - 21, 2009
Glass Garage Gallery
PRESS RELEASE: “Body Mecanique”, a theatrical experience where dancing bodies, rhythmic monologues and a live musical score harmonize to animate the souls of every objects to question how we fulfill our purpose and avoid becoming obsolete. The text, written by L.A.-based playwright, Aaron Henne, expresses in monologues and spoken word the quirks, insecurities, and obsessions of our favorite machines, revealing them to be extensions of our humanity and crutches for our similar behaviors. The piece also revels in the splendor of what it is to invent, create, and make tangible our mind’s concoctions. With choreography by LACDC Artistic Director, we see the body and voice dueting with the dance at times straying from the literal to become a purely visceral expression of the language, blurring the lines between mediums where text becomes music and movement becomes dialogue. Accompanying the piece is an experimental score composed and performed by Eric Mason. With an orchestra of found sounds and mechanical devices, he transports us to another world where the likelihood of your hairdryer sharing her thoughts with you is much, much greater. The evening length work is set amidst the Steampunk exhibition, the first fine art exhibit of its kind, at the Glass Garage Gallery in West Hollywood."
Co-Directed by Kate Hutter and Aaron Henne
Text by Aaron Henne
Choreography by Kate Hutter
Original music and live performance by Eric Mason
LIGHTING: Kate Hutter
COSTUMES: Bert Henert
SET: Brian Gale
