Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration Orr Allison
Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration Orr Allison Ride along with choreographer Allison Orr and her civic collaborators as they reflect on their dances togetherIn 2001, Allison Orr made a…
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Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration Orr Allison
Ride along with choreographer Allison Orr and her civic collaborators as they reflect on their dances togetherIn 2001, Allison Orr made a dance with 13 City of Austin firefighters. Part memoir, part guide, the artist reflects on her major collaborations and shares interviews with people she's made dances with over the past two decades. Over the next 20 years, her unique practice of collaborating with city employees flowered into civic storytelling through movement at public pools, tableaus of power line workers shimmying up 40' poles in front of 5000 people, and intricate choreography of trash trucks on a misty tarmac.
Alongside larger conversations in the arts, Orr offers a look at how to create community-based art Power line workers, sanitation workers, and firefighters reflect on their memories of performing with Forklift and the lasting impact those dances made.