Trace of Purple Sadness

The Trace of Purple Sadness is the sister piece of Becoming. LEIMAY often creates ensemble and solo version of some pieces. The Trace of Purple Sadness is a journey of one dancer in constant state of becoming in an ever-changing world. Life circles between appearing and disappearing; it becomes visible once we realize it will vanish.  The human body, like a flower, sprouts to maximum splendor, to then decay into serene melancholy.  Leaving a purple trace, the sky at dawn or the beginning of dusk.  Countless flowers are born in our bodies, every moment another trace.

Projected video creates forms of light that function as visual music creating a landscape for the body, ephemeral and rigid spaces. Sound pierces the space sometimes in unison with the dance, and at other times as a textural layer of the transforming landscape.

Choreography is based on transformation as a bodily condition, apprehending all that has yet to become; the possibilities of existence juxtaposed with the identity struggle of the social being. The body morph at times, creature, anonymous human and woman appearing and disappearing; finding its place to and breaking again.

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Show duration
43 minutes

Concept and Design
Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya

Dance and Choreography
Ximena Garnica

Live Video Projections and Video Light
Shige Moriya

Composition and live music
Roland Toledo

Additional recorded music
Laddio Bolocko

Developmental credit
“The Trace of Purple Sadness” was developed with the support of CAVE Organization.

World Premiere
La Miscelanea, Barcelona September 2008