'Tis the season to be WAXworks-ing! Our Fall 2015 Season is well under way, PLUS we're currently accepting applications for our Spring 2016 Season (apply by Dec. 30!). Take a break from your holiday preparations to join us THIS SUNDAY 12/5 at Triskelion Arts! And keep reading for some behind the scenes insight from some of our December artists.
EMMA KIMBALL
WAXstaff: If you could only use three words to describe your work, what would they be?
Emma Kimball: theatrical, gestural, layered
WS: What part of the creative process do you find most challenging? What do you feel comes easily?
EK: The most challenging thing for me, especially with a dance work is finding the right sonic environment. It never feels like my concepts or interests click into place until I know what the world sounds like for the piece.
The easiest part is once we’re in rehearsal and I get to connect the dots between things that I’m interested in. I usually start a work with a collection of feelings, source material, readings, observations, inklings, structural frameworks, movement challenges, etc. that I’m currently intrigued by. Then a couple of them seem to tango with each other and I can begin really working on a specific piece. As things progress, my style is to juxtapose these ideas in the room with my collaborative teammates and see what sort of chemistry happens.
WS: Where do you find inspiration for your work? Or what motivates your work?
EK: I am inspired by small details, big emotions, audible textures, color and by shared or unshared histories. Currently, the work of congealing and presenting all of these inspirations is motivated by an exploration of HOW we tell stories. I am exploring how and whether to use a physical language, a vocal language, a sonic or musical language, the language of media, visual design and/or written text.
WS: Share a funny anecdote from a rehearsal or performance.
EK: I asked Evie to do this big slide onto the floor but she had worn only tights that day so her legs stuck too much when she tried to slide. So I gave her my exercise pants and did the rest of the rehearsal in my underwear.
WS: Do you have any secret talents?
EK: .22 caliber rifle target shooting. I’m from The West yo!
WS: What specific ideas or elements in your work would you hope to receive feedback on?
EK: What story or character do you see onstage? Who’s story are we telling? What did you feel in watching the piece? What moment was the most striking for you?
AMELIA LOEHE
WAXstaff: If you could only use three words to describe your work, what would they be?
Amelia Loehe: layered, narrative, dynamic
WS: What part of the creative process do you find most challenging? What do you feel comes easily?
AL: The final layers of definition in choreography are challenging for me- I love to sketch. Musicality comes easily to me.
WS: Where do you find inspiration for your work? Or what motivates your work?
AL: Human story
WS: Share a funny anecdote from a rehearsal or performance.
AL: My seven year old daughter filmed my promo video!
SUNHWA CHUNG
WAXstaff: If you could only use three words to describe your work, what would they be?
SC: Family, Love and Moving Forward
WS: What part of the creative process do you find most challenging? What do you feel comes easily?
SC: One of the most challenging was to connect with my daughter. (My daughter, Sarang (12 years old) will be playing the violin on the stage and performing with me.)
WS: Where do you find inspiration for your work? Or what motivates your work?
SC: This dance is about searching my husband who was sent to the ER. I didn't know for more than 12 hours and didn't hear anything from him over night for the first time...which had made my daughter and I extremely hectic and nervous...I've named this dance, "The Day We Didn't Have the Light: Life is Every Day V."
WS: What specific ideas or elements in your work would you hope to receive feedback on?
SC: How the audience members would connect to their life experiences while and after my dance...
WS: What’s the last book you read? Movie you watched? Trip you took?
SC: I have been reading "Crazy Rich Asians." My daughter and I were watching "Roman Holiday (one of my favorite movies all the time) at the movie theater 2 days ago. We spent our whole summer in the several cities in Korea.