LITTLE SISTER
Concept, direction & text: Meredith Glisson
Choreography & performance: Meredith Glisson & Lilach Orenstein
Technical Director: Lilach Orenstein
Choreography & performance: Meredith Glisson & Lilach Orenstein
Technical Director: Lilach Orenstein
February 2020 - Creative Residency and Work-in-Progress Showing at The Center at West Park
A little sister sees everything, even if she doesn’t understand what exactly is going on. She senses it and begins to recount events on her own accord. It’s about the relationship between her father and brother. And she positions herself in the middle as she navigates both sides. She has her own witness who follows and films her to document her reactions as they take effect.
LITTLE SISTER continues on the concepts from Meredith Glisson’s previous works which pursue the act of holding both as a movement study and perceptual concept. How does the body sustain a hold and what is its strategies in striving to maintain control? And through the act of remembering, how do memories factor in imaginations and continue to live within bodies? The presentation of the work plays with partial exposure as fragments of narrative and viewpoints are revealed to the audience in order to arrive at an understanding of what is to come. With the use of a camera and streaming projections, a witness simultaneously records events from different perspectives allowing the audience to experience both at a distance and within an intimate documentary.
LITTLE SISTER continues on the concepts from Meredith Glisson’s previous works which pursue the act of holding both as a movement study and perceptual concept. How does the body sustain a hold and what is its strategies in striving to maintain control? And through the act of remembering, how do memories factor in imaginations and continue to live within bodies? The presentation of the work plays with partial exposure as fragments of narrative and viewpoints are revealed to the audience in order to arrive at an understanding of what is to come. With the use of a camera and streaming projections, a witness simultaneously records events from different perspectives allowing the audience to experience both at a distance and within an intimate documentary.