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	Frozen White Produced and directed by Stan Wijnans, interactive performance 'Frozen White' is a technically elaborate mixed media performance which addresses states of being and becoming: what would happen if people incarcerated in medical institutions were suddenly able to control a liberating technology? Against a stunning video backdrop dancers emerge from comatose rigidity to a state of utter abandon, shadowed by a restless musical improvisation.Utilising the Soundbeam Ultrasonic Sensor System the dancers colour and influence the live music and determine its atmosphere. Their dramatic ascent into consciousness is both uncanny and ecstatic - and their increasingly assured grip on the mechanisms of control offers a fascinating study of empowerment. Presented by London Musicians' Collective. With dancers Julia Clarke and Gabriela Solini; musicians Gail Brand (trombone), Rhodri Davies (harp) and Steve Noble (percussion); Anne Nigten (video); Nick Rothwell (computer programming); Stan Wijnans (producer & artistic director, soundeffect design, video, mixdown). Performed at the ICA London 2003. text by Ed Baxter
ICA 2003 Dancers Julia Clarke & Gabriela Solini
ICA 2003 Dancer Gabriela Solini

Frozen White

Produced and directed by Stan Wijnans, interactive performance 'Frozen White' is a technically elaborate mixed media performance which addresses states of being and becoming: what would happen if people incarcerated in medical institutions were suddenly able to control a liberating technology?

Against a stunning video backdrop dancers emerge from comatose rigidity to a state of utter abandon, shadowed by a restless musical improvisation.Utilising the Soundbeam Ultrasonic Sensor System the dancers colour and influence the live music and determine its atmosphere. Their dramatic ascent into consciousness is both uncanny and ecstatic - and their increasingly assured grip on the mechanisms of control offers a fascinating study of empowerment.

Presented by London Musicians' Collective. With dancers Julia Clarke and Gabriela Solini; musicians Gail Brand (trombone), Rhodri Davies (harp) and Steve Noble (percussion); Anne Nigten (video); Nick Rothwell (computer programming); Stan Wijnans (producer & artistic director, soundeffect design, video, mixdown). Performed at the ICA London 2003.

text by Ed Baxter

ICA 2003 Dancers Julia Clarke & Gabriela Solini

ICA 2003 Dancer Gabriela Solini