Pink Mist Music Analysis

This year’s Contemporary Choreographers production was a huge success. The conservatory did a beautiful job, the lighting and stage crew, the dancers, the rehearsal directors, and of course, the dancers. Point Park was lucky to have choreographers David Norsworthy and James Gregg create new works on the students, as well as Stephanie Martinez and Helen Simoneau set their previous works on the dancers. After seeing the show twice, as well as being a cast member of Pink Mist by James Gregg, it is clear that each piece portrayed unique styles and approaches to movement. As to not be biased, I will stay away from talking up Pink Mist and would like to focus on David Norsworthy’s the view from here and Helen Simoneau’s Flight Distance. David Norsworthy is an up and coming …show more content…
David’s creative process is as unconventional as his work. Within the skeleton of the piece, each performance varied because of its heavy usage of improvisational tasks. The music, “Warm Africa,” by Ian Hawgood, “Beasts of this Earth,” by Nicolas Jaar, and “A Case of You (Live)” by Diana Krall was secondary and not the impetus for the movement or message. The roots of this piece were the conversations that the dancers had amongst themselves, and openly with the audience. The dialogue opened up questions and concerns not ordinarily explored. The dancers entered from behind the audience, walking down the stairs through the crowd to the stage as two dancers had a discussion, although they were out of sight. The minimalistic movement helped the audience focus on what was being said. Although pedestrian style values simplicity, Norsworthy had at least five different groups of dancers or duets doing different things on various parts of the stage, singing, laughing, or simply laying on the floor, still. Three dancers ran around the stage for ten whole minutes, not stopping at all and another stood still in the same spot, unmoving for the same amount of time. As tensions