Natasa Trifan Performance Group
New York City
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Shows/Productions
Scheherezade 2009/1001 New York Nights/
A contemporary ballet
(in production)
Credits
Choreography: Natasa Trifan
Dancers:
Scheherezade: Anna Liceica
Young Rich Man: Dan Popa
Best Friend: TBA
The Executioner: TBA
The Chorus: TBA
Costume: Natasa Trifan
Set Design: Natasa Trifan
Music: Rimiski Korsakov
Video: Erol Israfil
Concept: The main frame story concerns a young American rich man and his new bride. The young rich man, upon the discovering his wife's infidelity had her executed and declared a law against all women should be killed. He began to marry a succession of young women only to execute each one on them on the morning after the ceremony. Eventually, his best friend could not find any more women to surrender at his revendage. Scheherazade, his best friend's daughter, offers herself as the next bride and her father reluctantly agrees. On the night of their marriage, Scheherazade began to tell the young rich man a tale, but never finishes the tale. The young rich man is propelled to postpone her execution in order to hear the conclusion of the story. As the next night arises she was summoned to finish the tale for the young rich man. Scheherzade mischievely begins a new tale to keep the curious young man's attention. The second non-conclusive story postponed her execution once again and the pattern of her story telling goes on for 1,001 nights.
Visuals: We will use video projections to create her stories. The first image projected symbolizes her wishes of getting away from New York City. The video develops piece by piece like a puzzle game. Once she completes the entire puzzle image the young man is impressed by her narrative skill for story telling that he forgets to fall asleep and continues to asks Scherezade to tell another story every night.
The video design represents her capacity to mentally travel and inspire him to love her.
Somewhere Towards the Center (site specific dance) 30 minutes (this show can be performed in non conventional spaces such as: parks, lobbies, etc.)
Credits:
Choreography/Concept/Director: Natasa Trifan
The Minotaur: Stefani Charitou
Ariadne: Natasa Trifan
Theseus: Atu Mbengue
Music: Selections from Handel's "Messiah " and "Billy Budd" by Benjamin Britten
Music Editor: Joshua Green and Natasa Trifan
Text: collage from poems by Jeffery Beam, Ted Hughes
Costumes/Makeup: Natasa Trifan
Marketing/Communications: Natasa Trifan
Drawing upon the Greek myth of the Minotaur and Daedalus's labyrinth, the choreography utilizes the space as a labyrinth. Three performers play “Ariadne”, "Theseus" and the “Minotaur” with music from Benjamin Britten's operas.
Photo Alana Marcu
Dry - 45 min
Credits
Choreography: Natasa Trifan
Dancers: Andrei Garzon, Anja Eppermier, Saar Harari, Natasa Trifan
Music: Original score by Sylvia Mincewicz
Costume: Oana Botez-Ban
Video: Chiacki Watanabe, Giles Hendrix
Concept: “Dry” suggests an elaborate metaphor for the human condition, adapting and transcending extreme internal and external limitations. The piece explores continuous biological and sociological adaptations of the human being to a specific environment or context.
Related Concepts
Visuals: Visually, I have two major influences: Kandinsky's abstract paintings and De Chirico for the importance of shadow in visual composition. Both of them are reflected in set design, costume design and video projection.
Multimedia: The video projection marks the idea of parallel universes that coexist and interfere rarely at
the physical level. The video design represents the macrocosms (a structure at a large scale) and it
mirrors the actions of the white elastic and the choreography which are microcosms ( structures at a small scale.)
Funds and Grants. This piece was made possible with a space grant from the 92nd St. Y, the F.A.R.
space grant, and an art residency at White Oak from The Field. Support from Merce Cunningham Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts and private support from the Mary Duke Biddle. Additional private funds have been generously provided by Tracy & Stanley Shopkorn, Melissa & Casey Gard and Nancy Abraham.
Technical information: Our production requires a video projector, a screen projector. We can provide the video projector and the screen.
photos by Mary Durante Wehrhanh
Capturing Gil-Gulim II
50 min
Credits
Concept/Choreography: Natasa Trifan
Performer: Natasa Trifan
Video Designer: Martin Burga
Music: Petre Radu Scafaru, Erol Israfil and Italian songs
Set Designer: Edward Morris
Costume: Oana Botez-Ban
Produced by Natasa Trifan Performance Group
Presented by SLAG Gallery
Photography Mary Wehrhahn
Co produced with the Romanian Cultural Institute
Capturing Gil-Gulim I-45 min
Credits: Concept Natasa Trifan
Choreography: Natasa Trifan
Dancer: Natasa Trifan
Costume: Oana Botez-Ban
Music: Erol Israfil, Petre Radu Scafaru, Italian songs
Funds: USAInternational Grant from Mid Atlantic Foundation, Queens Council for the Arts, Natasa Trifan Performance Group. Private funding from Tracy & Stanley Shopkorn, Melissa & Casey Gard, Susan Mackenzie and Nancy Abraham.
Zero - 1 hour
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New York City
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