Opening performance: “Making Visible” featuring San Francisco Ballet former Principal Muriel Maffre | Union Square

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Marina Abramovic Institute West is pleased to present a three week performance installation entitled “Making Visible” featuring San Francisco Ballet former Principal and Visiting Dancer from Stanford University Muriel Maffre, SF Ballet Principal Dancer Damian Smith, choreographer Folawole and composer Paul Dooley. The installation, which is free and open to the public, will culminate in a weekend of showings including additional solo performances by the project’s choreographer Folawole.

This installation/performance, the first of its kind for the Bay Area, will consist of a series of dance rehearsals that will make visible the creative process of two dancers, a choreographer and a composer as they build a site specific performance. The artists will inhabit the main floor which has a 6,500 sq. ft. span in the Marina Abramovic Institute West building. Their processes of collaboration will be bare and unscripted, providing a unique opportunity for the public to take part in the birth of not only a new dance, but a new, collaboratively created piece of music.

“Making Visible” hopes to unpack the myth of the performing artist as alchemist by inviting audiences to observe, make recordings, ask questions, and contribute to the journaling (and ultimately production) of the installation. The material generated through the processes of collaboration and documentation will accumulate in the galleries of the institute and will provide insights into the spatial, temporal and social texture of the project.

Performances continue through June 13. Check the website for the schedule.

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