Soil
Dancer: Randee Paufve
Choreography: Gregg Bielemeier, Della Davidson, Randee Paufve, Kate Weare
Dramaturg and Performance Coach: Beth Harris
Music composed and performed live by Chris Evans and Elijah Wallace
Lighting and Set Design: Jack Carpenter
Costume Design and Construction: Keriann Egeland
Video installations: Olivia Ting
A site-specific concert of intimate solo works performed by Randee Paufve, created in collaboration with choreographers, musicians and designers.
Soil begins at dusk and moves from fading sunlight to stage lighting and video installations creating environments that shift with the passage of time to reveal each dance, rendering a mythic journey through dreamland, mortality and a reemergence into light and life.
Premiere: October 2013, Hillside Swedenborgian Church, El Cerrito, CA
August 2014, ODC Theater Music Moves Festival
Randee Paufve received the Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Individual Performance for Soil.
Randee Paufve and Beth Harris were nominated in the category of Design.
VIDEO > Soil, highlight reel, site-specific performance at Hillside Swedenborgian Church, El Cerrito, CA. Shot and edited by Loren Robertson Productions. 2013.
VIDEO > Soil, highlight reel, presented by ODC Theater, San Francisco. Shot by Keira Chang, edited by Erin Malley. 2014.
Randee Paufve performing in “Soil”. She leans deeply to the side, her focus on the floor and her arms, bent at the elbows, frame her face. Dancer: Randee Paufve. Photo: Pak Han
Randee Paufve, illuminated, dances on a dark stage in “Soil.” She tosses her leg and arms to the side, high into the air. Her black skirt flies up as her focus trails over her shoulder. Dancer: Randee Paufve. Photo: Pak Han
Randee Paufve dances in a short blond wig in “Soil.” She leans forward smiling, curving her arms. Around her are small white beach balls. Dancer: Randee Paufve. Photo: Pak Han
Randee dances by a row of windows as the sun sets. She faces away from the audience, placing another handprint in a trail of muddy handprints covering the window. Dancer: Randee Paufve. Photo: Pak Han
Dancer Mo Miner mid-jump in “Soil”. A background of hazy, bright green lines illuminate the background behind her. Dancer: Mo Miner. Photo: Keira Chang
Dancer Peiling Kao sits in a long white dress, bathed in pink and green light. Her legs are crossed and her hair is loose. She smokes a cigarette. Dancer: Peiling Kao. Photo: Keira Chang
Dancer Randee Paufve stands against a black background in a black dress, facing away from the audience. Her torso twists towards the audience and her elbow and hand are illuminated. Dancer: Randee Paufve. Photo: Keira Chang
Dancer Randee Paufve stands against a black background with black streaks down her face. Her hands clasp her throat and she looks up with her eyes closed, mouth open in a cry. Dancer: Randee Paufve. Photo: Pak Han