The Remix Festival presents a new way to look at choreography. Curated by Annie Wilson and Susan Rethorst, the festival aims to situate the works of dance artists based in Philadelphia with choreographers from other cities. Philly makers Susan Rethorst, Gregory Holt, Chelsea Murphy and Magda San Milan will each show an original complete work, as well as remix an out-of-towner's piece. And vice versa; choreographers John Jesurun (NY), Jen Rosenblit (NY), Meredith Bove (DC) and Rachel Slater (Portland, Or.) will travel to thefidget space to each premiere a work in Philly as well as to remix a local choreographer's dance. Each artist has less than 10 hours to step into a near-stranger's work and to adapt, alter, reassemble, and re-create something new. There will be a 7PM showing of the original works followed by a casual catered break, and then the remixed pieces will be premiered at 8:30.
Much like a remix in music, the original work serves as a world of ideas that the remixer can inhabit and use as a sample, a plot, or a gesture towards something else. What stays, and what disappears in a remix? Who owns a remixed dance: the original choreographer, or the remixer? The Remix Festival aims to interrogate the questions surrounding current intellectual property laws and the art of borrowing via choreography.
Much like a remix in music, the original work serves as a world of ideas that the remixer can inhabit and use as a sample, a plot, or a gesture towards something else. What stays, and what disappears in a remix? Who owns a remixed dance: the original choreographer, or the remixer? The Remix Festival aims to interrogate the questions surrounding current intellectual property laws and the art of borrowing via choreography.