Twrkv inspires new dance film
“P73 #1” features a lone dancer, Maxfield Haynes, as they consciously and unconsciiously navigate a painting by Jack Tworkov.
P73 #1
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich
Music by Joseph Koykkar
Danced by Maxfield Haynes
Director of Photo/Editing: Ross Collab
Directed and produced by Jason Andrew
Filmed on location at Van Doren Waxter, New York
SYNOPSIS
"P73 #1" takes the title from a painting by Jack Tworkov which inspired the angluar choreography by Julia K. Gleich. Set to a score for piano by Wisconsin based composer Joseph Koykkar, the film follows a lone dancer as they trace into and out of a geometrically composed yet gesturally painting by Tworkov. For Gleich "The painting is the dancer and the dancer, the painting." Ross Collab, a Brooklyn based photographer is the Director of Photography and edited the subtle narrative.
This film features LGBTQ+ activist / dancer Maxfield Haynes. They are an outspoken advocate for trans rights in Ballet and are actively working to create spaces for the degendering of work in the Dance field.
BIOS
Julia K. Gleich (Choreographer) has long issued an advisory to the code and conduct deemed proper by classical ballet—a form ruled historically by a patriarchy. Her work takes on what cultural anthropologist Victor Turner calls the liminoid state “a messy, non-binary state” which is “this or that or that” and not merely “this or not this.” Institutions prefer the liminal, new art lives in the liminoid. And this has been the tension in Gleich’s creative life - how to embrace the dance world without (its his-stories) succumbing to a governing institutional identity. She also connects with her field through producing programs of dance, researching her own vector movement theory, and writing about philosophical concerns around canon.
https://www.gleichdances.org/
Joesph Koykkar (Composer) is a musician at home in a variety of music from classical to avant-garde to rock and blues. Joe has had his music performed nationally and internationally for over the past 40 years, His music can be heard on eleven CDs. including two that are all-Koykkar releases—Expressed in Units (1992) and Double Takes and Triple Plays (2016). He has composed in a variety of media including chamber music, orchestral scores, music for dance, film/video scores, and electronic/computer music. He holds degrees from Indiana University and the University of Miami.
https://soundcloud.com/joseph-koykkar
Maxfield Haynes (they/them) (Dancer) is a multidisciplinary artist, and entrepreneur originally from Louisville, KY. They hold a B.F.A. in dance with a concentration in Social and Cultural Analysis from NYU Tisch, and received their ballet training from the San Francisco Ballet School where they trained on scholarship. Maxfield is currently a soloist with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and has worked with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Outside of company dancing, they have collaborated on films for the Guggenheim Works and Process, Mobile Dance film festival, and BAAD. They are an outspoken advocate for trans rights in Ballet and are actively working to create spaces for the degendering of work in the Dance field. IG: @itsmaxfield
Ross Collab (Director of Photography / Editing) is a Brooklyn-based artist, with a primary focus in photography. All of his work is an extension of himself, unapologetic and free. He creates to inspire others, to shape culture, and to voice all that is going on inside of his mind and heart.
https://www.rosscollab.com/