{"id":5416,"date":"2015-05-13T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2015-05-13T21:37:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T21:37:20","slug":"kim_epifano2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceanywhere.org\/news\/2015\/kim_epifano2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Epifano: Rituals of space and time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kim Epifano and her San Francisco- based company, Epiphany Productions\u2014founded in 1997\u2014danced at the Tutubi Plaza\u00a0this year for dance anywhere\u00ae 2015. Sonic dance theater is a “genre-bending blend of dance, theater, and\u00a0vocalization” in which dancers, musicians, aerialists, and actors work together to weave a story on\u00a0stage.<\/p>\n

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Kim Epifano, dance anywhere\u00ae 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

By participating in this year’s\u00a0event, Kim collaborated with the wider public and improvised her\u00a0performance. Improvisation brought excitement and beauty to the piece, performed in\u00a0collaboration with the space and people surrounding her. Kim utilized \u201cplace itself\u201d in the dance as well as the \u201cpeople and things I felt and found there\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Kim Epifano, dance anywhere\u00ae 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Props enhanced Kim’s performance as she used fabric, found objects, and sound to enliven the space. \u00a0\u201cI brought sound\u201d, she continued, and \u201cthe whole area and alleys\u201d\u00a0were an urban landscape that she included, like a prop, while dancing. A notable aspect of the performance was her\u00a0interaction and collaboration with the homeless people in the local area. Kim says, \u201cI\u00a0danced by myself, with architecture, colors, murals, found objects\u2014like a book\u2014and energy.\u201d\u00a0An unexpected meeting occurred during the performance whereby Kim’s friend Gabriel, happened to wander through the space. Kim said, \u00a0\u201cWe had a great\u00a0conversation. He took some photos and was into it!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kim Epifano, dance anywhere\u00ae 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Site-specific performance is intriguing to Kim as it mirrors the \u201cspontaneity\u201d of life. Since Kim already\u00a0does such work as part of her creative practice , \u201cdance anywhere\u00ae is like minded\u201d and she loves \u201cbeing a part of it\u201d.\u00a0She said, \u201c…each place has it’s own personality. The action of motion, theater, and vocalization\u00a0becomes a ritual and it is not about an audience but about giving and receiving what is there already in\u00a0the past, the present, and the future\u201d.<\/p>\n