Creative team:  

Concept: Monika Dalach Sayers 

Research: Monika Dalach Sayers, Felix Nagl, Constance Diard, Enzo Pauchet, Fang-Yun Yang

Composer: Monika Dalach Sayers

Video: Monika Dalach Sayers, Felix Nagl 

Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder: Felix Nagl 

Dancers: Constance Diard, Enzo Pauchet, Fang-Yun Yang

 

Taped is a contemporary dance performance featuring cutting-edge electronic music, an analog reel-to-reel tape recorder, and video. The project reimagines the past and revisits and reinterprets the 80’s pop music videos. This work aimed to sculpt the new dance & music performance through the process of intensive research and deconstruction of archival materials of the 80's most iconic songs and movements. 

 

The project took shape during Dance and Music Workshops formed and led by composer Stefan Prins (Belgium) and choreographer Daniel Linehan (Belgium/US) at the 47th International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt. 

 

[today we feel like: 
velour; puffs; lycra tights; glitter; crayon tracksuit;  

Cyndi Lauper; perm; neon dress; plastic sandals;  

Queen; down vest; ramones; rolled up jeans;  

XXL hair; vintage cassettes...]

 

Taped was performed in July 2018 as a part of the presentation of the Dance and Music Workshop at the  Lichtenbergschule (Große Sporthalle) in Darmstadt, Germany. 

 

Watch Taped trailer here: