Trace of Purple Sadness

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The Trace of Purple Sadness is a journey of one dancer in a constant state of becoming in an ever-changing world. In this 45 minute piece, the performer moves in and out of the floor, which is covered with white chalk, to an original composition by Roland Toldedo, with additional recorded music by Laddio Bolocko. Projected video creates forms of light that function as visual music, creating a landscape for the body which morphs becoming creature, anonymous human, and woman. The human body, like a flower, sprouts to maximum splendor, to then decays 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.

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Trace of Purple Sadness Soundtrack by Roland Toledo

Object Identifier

AMP.XSW.2008.1000.1

ID number

2008.1000.1

Year Created

2008

Performance dates

2024-07-24 00:00:00

2012-07-05 00:00:00

2012-07-06 00:00:00

2012-07-07 00:00:00

2012-07-08 00:00:00

Language

English

Curated Filters

  • Dance/Theater/Opera
  • Bodies
  • Light
  • Sand

Space / Location

  • Theater

Premiere Venue

Barcelona Butoh Festival

Premiere Venue specific dates

  • 08/11/2008

Other Venues

  • Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée
  • 1
  • 8-12 Rue Bertin Poirée 75001 Paris
      • 26/11/2008
      • <p>Rencontre Butoh NY – Japan – Paris</p>
  • Dixon Place (Open Channels New York, Inc)
  • 161A Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002
      • 05/12/2008
  • Asian Art Museum
  • 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, California
      • 15/01/2009
  • Sala Seki Sano
  • 1
  • Calle 12 #2-65, Bogotá, Colombia
      • 30/03/2009
      • <p>Festival de Mujeres en Escena por la Paz</p>
      • 31/03/2009
  • On the Planet
  • 1
  • Nagoya, Japan
      • 30/01/2010
      • <p>On the Planet Exhibition</p>
  • Semana Cultural Japonesa de Ibiza
  • 1
  • Ibiza
      • 28/03/2010
  • Teatro Victoria
  • 1
  • Av. del Paral·lel, 67, Sants-Montjuïc, 08004 Barcelona, Spain
      • 10/04/2010
      • 11/04/2010
  • Endanza Espacio Vivo
  • 1
  • Avda Toreno 18, Sevilla, Spain
      • 15/04/2010
      • <p>Festival internacional de teatro y artes escénicas de Sevilla</p>
  • Teatro de la Sensación
  • 1
  • Calle Monjas, 1, Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
      • 24/04/2010
      • <p>Festival Internacional de jóvenes creadores danza</p>
  • Teatro Dallas
  • 1
  • 1230 River Bend Drive #111, Dallas, Texas
      • 11/02/2012
      • <p>15th International Theatre Festival</p>
  • Flamboyan Theater at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
  • 107 Suffolk Street, New York, New York 10002
      • 05/07/2012
      • <p>undergroundzero festival</p>
      • 06/07/2012
      • <p>undergroundzero festival</p>
      • 07/07/2012
      • <p>undergroundzero festival</p>
      • 08/07/2012
      • <p>undergroundzero festival</p>
  • Museo Universitario del Chopo
  • 1
  • C. Dr. Enrique González Martínez 10-P. B, Sta María la Ribera, Cuauhtémoc, 06400 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
      • 12/04/2013
      • <p>Cuerpos al borde</p>

Direction, Stage Design and Concept: Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya

Choreography and Performance: Ximena Garnica

Video-Lighting Design: Shige Moriya

Pavel Antonov

Presented by undergroundzero and CAVE

Sound Composition: Roland Toledo

Additional Recorded Music: Laddio Bolocko

Early Period Composition: Tatsuya Nakatani

People

Ximena Garnica
Shige Moriya
SUIT (Nathan Howe and Roland Toledo)
Laddio Bolocko
Tatsuya Nakatani
Roland Toledo