Wisteria

Wisteria

Choreography & Performance by Alaina Wilson
Original Score by Annie Murnighan
Film by Claire de Laszlo

Wisteria, a choreographic work created for film, layers sound, visual imagery, and dance to replicate and explore the space and experience of dreams. The work takes inspiration from a specific dream experienced by the artist – a dream characterized by travel, changing landscapes, multifarious storylines, and fleeting encounters with numerous vaguely familiar figures. The work attempts to distill overarching sensations felt throughout the dream, while translating the dream's content into an abstract visual language. Captured through the active lens of the camera, Wisteria presents a contemplative space where tone and sensation take the place of narrative - and attempt to bring the audience into realms of the subliminal.

Performance History

SMUSH Gallery Virtual Program | Jersey City, NJ | February 2021

Perfect Zero

Perfect Zero

Choreography & Performance by Alaina Wilson
Score by John Yannelli

Exploring dualities including light and dark and human and object, Perfect Zero ventures into the depths of a void, uncovering presence within absence. Choreographed specifically for the camera in a site-specific setting, Perfect Zero explores what it is like for the dancer to “duet” with an object, while simultaneously exploring a relationship with their other self – the shadow. Through the manipulation of light, a metal sculpture transforms into a dynamic entity that truly comes to “duet” with the dancing body of the solo performer. This work intended to transform the performance environment into a manifestation of the artist’s internal experience as performer and choreographer: illuminating a deep experience of alienation, isolation, and ambivalence.

Performance History

Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance BAAD! Virtual Program | Bronx, NY | May 2020