MAXINE HEPPNER : CREATIONS
PAH: 8 Inventions for Many Dancers
“ “Pah: 8 inventions” …was an exciting showcase. Exploring the concept of cycles in life…performed in a staggered series of actions, with each group of people echoing the previous one, the dance effectively underlined its theme of eternal recurrence. The 16 dancers…emanated personality and seemed to be having a ball.”
June Cheong, Singapore Straits Time, April 14, 2006
PAH: 8 Inventions for Many Dancers
Description of work
Contemporary dance ensemble work for 16 performers.
Commission: Lasalle College for the Arts, Singapore 2006.
In a one-month residency Maxine Heppner introduced her “cycles” practice to the Dance Department of Lasalle College. She had been invited to emphasize the aspect of her work that practices harnessing dance energy as an infinite force to shape and pattern choreographic invention. Central to the creation process are infinity patterns, the basic one being the figure 8. “Pah” is Chinese for 8 and so the title of the 8 inventions that were performed by the dance ensemble in the spring concert series.
PAH: 8 Inventions for Many Dancers - Credits
Choreographer
Maxine Heppner
Choreographic assistant
Takako Segawa
Music
Hednigarna
Performers
Dance Ensemble of Lasalle College of the Arts