LITTLE SISTER
Concept, direction & text: Meredith Glisson
Choreography & performance: Meredith Glisson & Lilach Orenstein
Technical direction: Lilach Orenstein
Videography: Jenna Maslechko | Jayna Photography
Choreography & performance: Meredith Glisson & Lilach Orenstein
Technical direction: Lilach Orenstein
Videography: Jenna Maslechko | Jayna Photography
September 2021 - Barcelona Contemporary (excerpt)
February 2020 - Creative Residency and Work-in-Progress Showing at The Center at West Park
Work-in-Progress Performance Video: https://vimeo.com/393845676
February 2020 - Creative Residency and Work-in-Progress Showing at The Center at West Park
Work-in-Progress Performance Video: https://vimeo.com/393845676
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.
The performance work focuses on the recounts of a family’s relationship through the perspective of the ‘little sister’ who embodies and voices events from the past. Her observations are directed to her deceased brother as she reflects on the family’s dynamic, expressing her insights on each family member. Her narrative becomes filtered into episodic events, as she interchanges between playing different characters in the family unit. A witness simultaneously records these events from different perspectives using a moving camera and live projections, allowing the audience to experience the work both through an intimate setting and as a documentary film. A small audience is invited to sit inside of the work as the performers play in and out of the performance set-up to taunt what is real, what is memory and what is imaginary.
The performance work focuses on the recounts of a family’s relationship through the perspective of the ‘little sister’ who embodies and voices events from the past. Her observations are directed to her deceased brother as she reflects on the family’s dynamic, expressing her insights on each family member. Her narrative becomes filtered into episodic events, as she interchanges between playing different characters in the family unit. A witness simultaneously records these events from different perspectives using a moving camera and live projections, allowing the audience to experience the work both through an intimate setting and as a documentary film. A small audience is invited to sit inside of the work as the performers play in and out of the performance set-up to taunt what is real, what is memory and what is imaginary.