Arcane Collective

Arcane Collective
General information
NameArcane Collective
Year founded2011 (2011)
FoundersMorleigh Steinberg
Oguri
Principal venueDublin, Ireland
Websitearcanecollective.com
Artistic staff
Resident ChoreographersLiz Roche

Arcane Collective is a contemporary dance production company, producing and presenting work from a cooperative of international artists from different backgrounds. It was founded in 2011 by Morleigh Steinberg, a dancer and choreographer and Oguri, a dancer and choreographer from Japan.[1]

Their performance Cold Dream Colour was presented in 2012, as a homage to the important Irish artist Louis le Brocquy, the performance being inspired by his paintings.[2] Morleigh explained "He so often pays homage to different painters, and I thought, for his birthday we could pay homage to him."[3] The music was composed by Paul Chavez and performed by U2's The Edge with choreography by Liz Roche[4] Steinberg, the artistic director of the piece staged a solo dance as well as a duet with her sister Roxanne, wife of Oguri.[5] Excerpts from Cold Dream Colour were performed at the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process series in New York in 2013 and Irish broadcaster John Kelly moderated a discussion of the work with its creators.[6]

Collaborating dancers include Cat Westwood, Boaz Barkan, Sherwood Chen, Joyce Lu and Dani Lunn and costume design by Mariad Whisker.[7]

Personnel

Dancers

  • Roxanne Steinberg
  • Cat Westwood
  • Boaz Barkan
  • Sherwood Chen
  • Dani Lunn
  • Joyce Lu
  • Morleigh Steinberg

Choreographer

  • Morleigh Steinberg
  • Oguri

Musicians

Artists

Costume designer

  • Mariad Whisker[8]

References

  1. ^ Bleiberg, Laura (2013). "Review: Striking visuals lift 'Cold Dream Colour' at REDCAT". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Cold Dream Colour". Lindsey Holmes Publicity. 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Cold Dream Colour, US Premiere". U2. 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Arcane Collective: Cold Dream Colour". guggenheim.org. 2013. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  5. ^ Murphy, Adrienne (2013). "For A Dancer". hotpress.com. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  6. ^ Burke, Siobhan. "Works & Process at the Guggenheim". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Collaborators". Arcane Collective. 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  8. ^ "Arcane Collective". Retrieved 29 June 2013.