spark/ridge/perch/till (2006-2008)
overlapping solo portraits of the interior landscape of four unique women
Conceived and Directed by Maré Hieronimus
Created in Collaboration with Performers Elyse Sparkes, Marcy Schlissel, Maré Hieronimus
with Guest Artist Sharon Mansur
Soundscore by Maré Hieronimus and William Catanzaro
Video Installation by Kevin Doyle
16 minutes
spark/ridge/perch/till unfolds as an awakening, where overlapping solos reveal both gradual and sudden shifts in the interior landscape of four diverse women. Archetypal in feel, specific, imbued objects are used that relate to the inner life of the performer, including a flashlight, a fisherman's net, a wooden toy airplane, and a rice paper umbrella.
spark/ridge/perch/till was performed in many iterations, in both indoor and outdoor settings. It was performed as an elongated solo TILL Les Petit Versailled Gardens, and also shown as spark/till, and spark/perch/till.
Full Premiere at The Solar One Powered Dance Festival, Thursday August 3rd -Saturday August 5th @ 6pm, Solar One Theater, Stuyvesant Cove Park, East River, NYC, 2006
Photos by Eric Bandiero