Sonia Paço-Rocchia

Sticky Sticky Pathways

30/09/2009

Sticky Sticky Pathways was for one week at The Shunt, in London (7 performances)
As it is a space specific work it is quite different from the premiere last March.

Sticky Sticky Pathways
Contemporary dance/movement & music improvisation/live art/sound art performance and installation.

Choreographer’s note:
Sticky Pathways is an unfolding labyrinth of rambling dimensions and slanted reflections where people exist on the cusp of dream and reality.

Choreography - Lucy Ridley
Music Performer - Sonia Paço-Rocchia (bassoon, treble recorder, voice, live electronics)
Costumes - Chantal Francis
Dancers/Performers - Carly Blackburn, Lauren Bridle, Maxine Calleja, Chantal Francis, Aislinn Grech, Emelia Lazarou, Lucy Ridley 

(photos, Andrew Crowe and Isaak Mavridis, filmed by Sandra Kolar)

Sticky Pathways was as well an installation that was including a 8 channels music track, a lot of solo tape and a frame with some headphones. Here three extracts of the 45 minutes long music track.

(audio) solo tape
(audio) recorder
(audio) bassoon

Sticky Pathways at The Shunt

19/09/2009

Sticky Pathways is a contemporary dance/movement and music improvisation/live art/sound art performance and installation about dream and reality.

I’m the musician/performer (bassoon, treble recorder and voice with live electronics, controlling some live electronics with some sensors on the dancers).

4 nights (Wednesday to Saturday)
23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th September
Perform twice a night at 8/9:30ish (40 min)
The installation will be running from 6
Entry fee here (I have a few free tickets, contact me!)

Shunt is located in London Bridge Station. Look at the map!
NOTE: because of the location of the venue you need to have an ID to get in

The Shunt is a extraordinary venue that will close down very soon. This may be your last chance to go there before then! There are plenty of very interesting performances and installations to look at to have a very nice and exciting evening!

Sticky Pathways:
As it is a space specific work it will be quite different from the premiere last March.

Choreographer’s note:
Sticky Pathways is an unfolding labyrinth of rambling dimensions and slanted reflections where people exist on the cusp of dream and reality.

Music note:
In Lucy’s Sticky Pathway the music has been involved in the creative process at all times. From the beginning we did dance and music improvisation where the dance and music influence each other. For this work it was very important to have a strong link between the dance and the music and to integrate completely the music and the musician in the work itself as well as incorporating sounds made by the dancers in the music. To be able to make this mutual influence dynamic we used live music either solo or with live electronics (bassoon, treble recorder solo and voice with live electronics) or accelerometers to follow closely the movements of the dancers. (Accelerometers from Nintendo Wii Remotes that control the sound in an application programmed by Sonia Paço-Rocchia using Max/MSP)

Choreography - Lucy Ridley
Music - Sonia Paço-Rocchia
Costumes - Chantal Francis
Dancers - Carly Blackburn, Maxine Calleja, Aislinn Grech, Emelia Lazarou

(photo, Irene Segura)

Pedalling Under London's Clouds at EXPO LEEDS

14/09/2009

I’ll be performing my piece for bicycle solo, Pedalling Under London’s Clouds at EXPO LEEDS

EXPO LEEDS
presented by Sound and Music and Media and Arts Partnership (MAAP)
Expo is the UK’s largest annual free festival of Sound Art and Experimental Music

EXPO LATE: CLOSING CONCERT

Left Bank Leeds Cardigan Road, LS6 1LJ
Sunday 27th, 18.30 til late
FREE

A PACKED CLOSING PARTY FEATURING EVERYTHING FROM DERANGED DADA DRONE TO SONICALLY ENHANCED COSMETICS.
More information here

This Way Up

28/07/2009

piece for performer/singer and box with live electronics

On the box, there is the score. The score does not contain just musical instructions but also contains some indications about the orientation of the box: "This way up".

While the performer is performing the piece, s/he have to change the orientation of the box following the score.
The live electronics changes depending of the orientation of the box.

This piece, as a work and progress form, has been presented at Around This House - Happening in the Library