In Your Eyes we explore the structure of a rock song, where written scores are less relevant, and we have to find other ways of visualizing music: the flickering of the needle in a volume meter, the red light on the screen of a recording console, the movements of a band onstage etc.
Your Eyes takes a song apart to discover what it is made of. In the recording process each beat of the drums, chord of the guitar, and word of the lyrics is layered to create a whole. Rock songs have a uniquely visceral appeal; we explore the visual perception of sound, trying to get inside a song to discover the poetry at its heart.
Choreography and Dance: Albert Quesada & Vera Tussing
Music: Anno and Honeysuckle by JS Rafaeli
Musical Collaborator: JS Rafaeli
Illustration: Gosia Machon
Lighting: In collaboration with Andrew Hammond and Arne Lievens
Costumes: Vera Tussing
Writer: JS Rafaeli
Film: Vinicius Salles, Ilke de Vries
Sound Engineer: Camilo Tirado, Christian Francois
Produced by Albert Quesada & Vera Tussing
Originally commissioned by ROH2 for ‘Firsts’ at the Royal Opera House, London
Residencies: Choreodrome at The Place, Open Arts Cafe, The Royal Opera House (UK), DeWarande, Bains Connective, WorkSpaceBrussels, wp Zimmer (BE), PACT Zollverein (DE)
Special thanks to Rebecca Hanson, Julia Kalache and Costume Department at The Place
Year: 2009
Duration: 17 minutes
DOWNLOAD the Technical Rider and the Light Plot on a pdf
