in creases(2018)
a Movement Composition for humans and theremins, with projections
Interdisciplinary artist, performer and composer Lisa E. Harris premieres a new movement composition at BarnStorm Dance Fest on June 15, 2018. Lisa is a 2018 Dance Source Houston artist in residence. During her time as an AIR, she has been exploring recurring themes in her work such as spatial awareness, relationalism, panoptic surveillance, mattering and sonic witnessing, specifically utilizing the theremin, an electronic instrument that responds to electromagnetic variations in the space around its two antennae. Creating a score for a minimum of five Moog thereminis, Harris composes an interactive movement and sound piece with projections, In Creases, that requires as much listening as it does viewing. “When I got my first theremin, my mother visited my studio and told me that she wanted to hear what her body sounds like, and that statement immediately influenced how I would engage with the instrument creatively, ” says Lisa when asked about her interest in featuring the theremin in her performance practice. Her work focuses on the energetic relationships between body, land, spirit and place. Harris uses voice, theremin, movement, text and new media to explore healing and transformation throughout the reaches of human performance.
