Week 8_Concept Presentation

My concept is using site specific contemporary dance to make connections between the outside and the inside of the site, and creating an understanding of the past and the present for the audience to experience.


_Developed the idea of the dance being communal;
The performance will start at the National Theatre in Prague. This site is an important feature that has helped to preserve and develop the Czech language and a sense of the Czech national spirit and identity.
By following the dancers from this site to the location of the Prague Crossroads, the audience/spectators move within the environment with the dancers. This entices the audience to feel physically and emotionally invested in the piece, as well as being more aware of their role in the site and creating an understanding of the community, both the past and the present.

Sasha Waltz
Precdent for site- and architecture-specific interaction.


_Development in my brief;
This design will explore the relationship of the inside and outside, heightening the building and its surrounding environment, and allowing the community to form an experience with the past and present of the site.
By pushing the performance into the public realm, it invites passer-by to come across the performance piece and become audience members.

_Diagrammatic section of space planning;


Dividing the space into the three levels for dancers and audience to move through.
Intervention of large staircase.
Surrounding stairs to level 3.
[ENLARGING THE SPACE AND THE QUALITY OF EVENTS - view from multiple levels].
Using the windows for the dancers to move between which can be seen from the interior and the exterior.
Using glass and light to construct the roof into a beacon as a visible guide to draw the audience to and through the building.


_Feedback from interim;