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From the archives: “First Light”, 1985

In 1985, with the co-sponsorship of the Goethe Institute in San Francisco, Nancy Karp invited Berlin visual artist Wolfram Erber to be in residence with Nancy Karp + Dancers to collaborate on a new work, “First Light”. Sound artist Bill Fontana and costume designer Sandra Woodall joined as collaborators in the making of this work.

The point of departure for “First Light” was the ambience of daybreak in the rainforests of Australia. Recordings from the rainforest became the sound score and ground for the work. Wolfram created an environment of lines of light projected across the stage space. Lights were re-sequenced every six seconds creating an ever-changing landscape. Nancy designed movement patterns to interact and intersect the horizontal lines of light. The hooped Bauhaus-influenced costumes created by Sandra Woodall echoed the visual scheme set-up by Wolfram Erber.

Dancers: (original cast) Deirdre Carrigan, Gilles Combet, Beth Klarreich, Diane McKallip, Robert Saito, and Joanna Smith

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© New Arts Foundation 1985

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