Broken Glass

Converging reality and dreamspace, this film uses the interplay of light and broken surfaces to consider modes of perception and the inner work of imagination.

Stunned from the fall, broken glass lies on the surface
Look! Between the pieces, it’s not what it seems to be.
Worlds are there, floating between shards of tiny sharp edges.
Light shines through broken glass
Carried on hands and in the nightlife of clouds.

BROKEN GLASS is a screendance by John Crawford and Lisa Naugle, set to Inharmonic Fantasy No. 13 by Hubert Howe. Converging reality and dreamspace, the film uses the interplay of light and broken surfaces to consider modes of perception and the inner work of imagination. Choreographed phrases were captured in a green screen studio, then recombined with time-lapse footage from natural environments, juxtaposed to evoke passing shadows and fragmentary forms.

VENUES

  • Spread Spectrum Festival
    Moscow, Russia. July 2020 (premiere)

Broken Glass

CREDITS

DIRECTOR John Crawford

CHOREOGRAPHER Lisa Naugle

COMPOSER Hubert Howe

DANCERS Katerina Christhilf, Claire Goldes, Madyson Landon, Cara Laughlin, Anna Olson, Cassidy Reiff, Sophia Vangelatos

COSTUMES Dianne Graebner

SPECIAL THANKS Kelly Musgrove, Joel Veenstra, UCI Dance Department, UCI Emergent Media + Design Institute