Event

JUNKNATION

JUNKNATION, created by NWDS is a dance centered on waste and reusability. Trash encountered during everyday life turns into physical sculpture, creating interesting pictures and unique movement possibilities. The dance begins with subtle hints of movement and sound. Ghostly dancers skitter in and out of harsh light as a pulse begins to take form. Movement and sound were sourced from ideas, impressions, and images of junk. From hanging industrial size hydrogen tanks to fast food, plastic bags, windup toys and TVs littered through the space, JUNKNATION offers a different look at the ways in which we re-use or waste. Set to original music by local composer Jeff Huston, JUNKNATION takes on the re-invention of the useless. Junk sculpture created by Seattle artist, Paul Haugland.

BQ danza will perform Rat Race. This piece focuses on the groupsÂ propensity to fight against each other and against time to get ahead, eventually becoming manic in the pursuit of power, destroying one another, regardless of the cost to the planet or other living things. The choreography incorporates intricate murals by Ecuadorian artist Paula Barragan, and is set to music by renowned composer Amy Denio. The dancers movements, as well as the projections, depict striking images of half-human, half-animal characters devouring or mutating into one another. They represent a symbolic degradation of the environment and its creatures as a result of our behavior and the ever-expanding explosion of the industrial revolution.