WESTERN FRONT – Performance and Workshop by Steve Paxton

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Performance and Workshop by Steve Paxton

Description:

Steve Paxton performed and hosted a workshop focused on Contact Improvisation and other post-modern experimental modes of movement. Other dancers who collaborated with Paxton were Peter Bingham, Helen Clarke, and Lola Ryan.

Seen in black and white, four performers lean against each other on the floor. Each performer creates an L shape with their bodies, two sitting on their knees and two balancing on their heads.

Seen in black and white, four performers lean against each other in pairs. The pair on the right lay on the floor with their heads against each other, and the pair on the left stand. One stands bent over while the other stands on their head, their legs leaning on the other performer’s back.

Seen in black and white, four performers lean on each other in pairs. The pair on the right stand, slumped over, with their shoulders against each other. The pair on the left has one performer standing, hunched over, while the other lies across their back, floating in the air.

Seen in black and white, two performers stand while holding up a third performer on their shoulders. All of them are dressed in athleisure wear. The outline of an audience can be seen in the foreground.

Related People

Peter Bingham (Dancer)
Helen Clarke (Dancer)
Lola Ryan (Dancer)

Captions:

Peter Bingham, Steve Paxton, Lola Ryan and Helen Clarke performing at Western Front, Jan 7, 1983.
Steve Paxton, Peter Bingham, Lola Ryan and Helen Clarke performing at Western Front, Jan 7, 1983.
Peter Bingham, Steve Paxton, Lola Ryan and Helen Clarke performing at Western Front, Jan 7, 1983.
Peter Bingham, Helen Clarke and Steve Paxton performing at Western Front, Jan 7, 1983.

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.