Artist talk/Reception for the upcoming performance: Ghost Factory A performance inspired by the residents and vast former factories of Johnson City, NY
by Bridgman|Packer Dance
at Spool Contemporary Art Space, 138 Baldwin Street, JC on Wednesday, September 4 at 7 pm.
About the performance:
Saturday, September 7, 7:00 pm.
At The Forum Theatre
236 Washington St, Binghamton, NY
Dance meets film meets altered reality: Ghost Factory is the latest in Bridgman|Packer Dance’s body of acclaimed and genre-breaking work that features their “Video Partnering”— the integration of live performance and video technology. Inspired by the residents and vast former factories of Johnson City, NY, Ghost Factory is a compelling work that reveals remnants of a past era through a contemporary lens. Live performance merges with haunting video imagery of abandoned factory buildings, evoking the humanity these spaces once held. Voices of current and former residents of Johnson City are woven into the soundtrack of the work.
With choreography and performance by the award-winning duo Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, the creative team also includes filmmaker Peter Bobrow, lighting designer Frank DenDanto III, and composer/sound designer Ansel Bobrow.
In conjunction with the stage performance, there is an accompanying audio/visual installation in the Forum’s Reception Hall entitled Places With Hidden Stories that further brings alive the stories of residents of Johnson City. The installation and the stage work reveal how architecture can hold a town’s human stories hidden within its walls.
The installation Places With Hidden Stories was created in collaboration with Binghamton University’s Anthropology, Environmental Science, and Cinema Departments and BU’s Center for Civic Engagement.
“Breathtaking and movingly beautiful.”-TheatreScene.Net
“The boundary between reality and imagination is brilliantly blurred…Welcome to the future of dance.” Star Tribune, Minneapolis
“gorgeous, and deeply moving.” HuffPost
This event is co-presented by LUMA, Binghamton University, and American Dance Asylum.
