UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Fri, Oct 06West StockbridgeOct 06, 7:30 PMWest Stockbridge, 2 Harris St, West Stockbridge, MA 01266, USAOct 06, 7:30 PMWest Stockbridge, 2 Harris St, West Stockbridge, MA 01266, USAQualia Dance Collective will premiere a new work, "Barefoot Dances," as well as perform repertoire, including "Chiaroscuro: Third Movement'' (2022), "The Blue Suit Piece" (2023), and "Qualia: Time" (22021). "Barefoot Dances," is the ethos of the liminal space between a dream and a scream.
Sat, Nov 18PittsfieldNov 18, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMPittsfield, 111 South St, Pittsfield, MA 01201, USA
REPERTOIRE
"THROUGH THE OUTSIDE ROOM"
EIGHT MINUTES
"Through the Outside Room" choreographed by Fiona Scruggs, was originally commissioned by Berkshire Pulse to be performed as a site-specific work in the Outside Room at Chesterwood. Inspired by the historical photographs of two women in the Outside Room at Chesterwood, in one photo holding each other as they walk down the path and in another standing alone, this duet explores the intertwining of space created and held by two people. This duet can be adapted for indoor stage and/or outdoor performance venues.
Premiere of "Through the Outside Room": July 2023, Chesterwood
Stockbridge, MA
Work-in-Progress Showing: July 2023, Berkshire Busk
Great Barrington, MA
"THE BLUE SUIT PIECE"
SEVEN MINUTES
"The Blue Suite Piece" choreographed by Fiona Scruggs reflects on the emotional wells of dissociation and connection; fleeting moments we seek, but miss; subtle conflicts. Inspired by the oil painting, "Blue Lovers" by Marc Chagall, "Impressions" is a study on one's initial reactions when later met with true intentions.
July 2023, Berkshire Busk
Great Barrington, MA
Premiere of "The Blue Suit Piece": April 2023, The Foundry
West Stockbridge, MA
"CHIAROSCURO"
EVENING-LENGTH (34 MINUTES)
“Chiaroscuro” is an evening-length work that draws on art, mannerisms, and narratives of the Baroque.
Through a contemporary lens, this Baroque music and movement study juxtaposes le sacré et le profane, or the sacred and common, with the contrast of light and shadow as defined by chiaroscuro.
Research and inspiration for this performance includes Remedios Varo’s Tailleur pour dames painting, thus exploring the simultaneous dichotomy and harmony between the Baroque and Surrealism.
Embodying the dynamic gestures present in Baroque sculptures and paintings, as well as translating the characteristics of Baroque art and music, such as strong diagonals, swirling action, chiaroscuro, scenes of everyday life, asymmetry, emotion, formal design, and rhythm vitality, are the impetus for the choreography of “Chiaroscuro.”
December 2022, Bard College at Simon's Rock
Excerpt
Great Barrington, MA
September 2022, The Foundry
Excerpt
West Stockbridge, MA
September 2022, The Colonial Theatre
Excerpt
Pittsfield, MA
Premiere of Evening-Length: August 2022, Chesterwood
Stockbridge, MA
July 2022, Choreography on the Edge
Excerpt
Kingston, NY
July 2022, Berkshire Busk
Excerpt
Great Barrington, MA
"QUALIA"
EVENING-LENGTH (25 MINUTES)
FOUR MOVEMENTS: TIME, SPACE, ENERGY & CHAOS
“Qualia” choreographed by Fiona Scruggs is a multi-piece work that illustrates the concept of qualia, which is defined as one’s own individual experience and consciousness. “Qualia” illustrates the cyclical and ephemeral nature of time, space, energy, and chaos and their relationships to our perception of transient experiences. Research for this performance includes Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory (1931), Giorgio De Chirico’s metaphysical paintings, essays and articles expounding on the relationship between time and history, and the artists’ unique personal perceptions of time, space, energy, and chaos.
The "Space" movement draws on the paintings of Giorgio De Chirico and the use of distance, size, and spatial organization in stillness and movement.
The "Time" movement illustrates the cyclical and ephemeral nature of time and its relationship to our perception of transient experiences. Research for this duet included Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory (1931), essays and articles expounding on the relationship between time and history, and the artists’ unique personal perceptions of time.
The "Energy" movement of “Qualia” draws on personal experience to investigate and illustrate the relationship of emotion to energy.
The "Chaos" movement exemplifies the consequence of when the elements of space, time, and energy are out of alignment.
July 2023, Berkshire Busk
"Space"
Great Barrington, MA
July 2022, Berkshire Busk
"Time," "Energy," & "Space"
Great Barrington, MA
June 2022, Chesterwood Arts Alive!
Kick Off with Berkshire Pulse Choreographers
"Energy" & "Space"
Stockbridge, MA
May 2022, Bard College at Simon's Rock
"Time"
Great Barrington, MA
April 2022, Hudson Valley Academy of Performing Arts,
Ukraine Benefit Concert
"Energy"
North Ancram, NY
Premiere of Evening-Length: April 2022, The Foundry
"Space," "Time," "Energy," & "Chaos"
West Stockbridge, MA
Nov. 2021, 5x5 Dance Festival
"Time"
West Hartford, CT
Sept. 2021, Dance on North
"Time"
Pittsfield, MA
Premiere of "Time": Sept. 2021, The Foundry
"Time"
West Stockbridge, MA