sound design for dance

Last summer at the Banff Centre for the Arts, I met a brilliant choreographer Aszure Barton.  I was blown away when I first saw company in rehearsal and was fortunate enough to sneak into her Ballet commissioned by the NBOC (The National Ballet of Canada) in Toronto.  This past weekend she asked me for some help with the sound editing and design for her recent premiere at The Juilliard School and her current European Tour.  I saw the performance on opening night and was so glad to have been able to contribute to the production.

After now having seen a handful of her work, I am particularly inspired by how she employs counterpoint – her content is  so compositional and ripe with richness.  If you have the opportunity to catch a performance of hers, it will certainly not disappoint.  I look forward to next time already, and I have something new to study for it’s compositional content – choreology!

Here’s a little sample of her work with her company, a piece that I saw them work on intensively and worked on the touring production, it’s an excerpt of “Busk”.