Jeffrey Curtis
July 2013 | e4c
Seattle, WA
Tempo
Screening July 2013 – July 2014
Opening: Second Thursday, July 11, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Jeffrey Curtis’ work explores the visceral nature of movement through video. From his own experience as a dancer, Curtis is interested in nuances of movements and exploding them across space, at various speeds and on different bodies. Originally created as a projection for a live performance, Tempo is a manipulation of momentum and suspension of movement against the dancers natural rhythm and pacing. Using three 20 second phrases, Tempo propels the dancers across three screens, assembling, dissolving and reassembling disparate body to remake the movement, and isolating fleeting moments of dance on a current of inevitable momentum.
About the Artist
Jeffrey Curtis is a choreographer who works with video and a video artist who works with movement. He danced in New York, then received his MFA from the University of Washington and now resides in Seattle, Washington. His work includes short films, documentaries, multi-screen installations, and projections for live performance and can be seen on Tendu/TV and as a part of the American Dance Festival Anthology DVD series. He continues to collaborate with Atlanta-based Catellier Dance Projects!, collaborating on humorous and humanistic dance theater works and curating the Dance for Reel screendance showing.