by Mary L. Clark of John Garcia's The Column
If you take Satellite-Dance
Collective's name literally, it is a wonderful description as their work is
collaboration between dance and interactive media – camera and computer. . . .
I hardly ever use press release text to enhance my reviews, but in this case, it will assist in describing the beauty
of their second piece, Water's Edge. This work "is an intermedia dance
infused with text, sound score, and
projected water images ... illuminating a continuum of change." "Three women aboard a vessel (and)forage into
the abyss of change ... pouring, drowning, climbing ... approaching the water's
edge" ... "and resolve into freedom on the other side." These
three are clothed in diaphanous tunics and pants of red, navy and gold. As they
flow,
battle and succumb to the water, gauzy color images are projected in the background. The piece is so ethereal, so delicate and beautifully performed.
Artistic Director and Choreographer, Mary Lynn Babcock, founded this company in 2009. While they are still young, the talent onstage is far from novice and has the richness and confidence of more seasoned dancers. I am anxious to see where this young company will perform next and am now intrigued to see more of this imaginative blend of dance and technology - human and machine.