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The images in future species were formed from Lomask's musings about "what
we're going to evolve into. I'm intrigued by how technological advances are
affecting us, our relationship to technology is a very pressing issue to me."
The first images with Frank suspended in midair and looking vulnerable, evoke
birth. A few scenes later, one recognizes with searing clarity, the push-pull
of a first romance as Lomask and Zack Bernstein's bodies linked by bungee
cords, start out in a spin, their eyes locked together.
Capacitor integrates drawers full of toys, tools and technology into its dancing.
"I'm interested in creating a hybrid of performance," says Lomask "These dancers
each have such distinct strengths." Lomask choreographed her work then sent
videotapes to Jeremy Tressler, a New York City composer. Tressler created
music inspired by the movement, reversing the usual procedure. Capacitor performed
sequences of future species in the spring at San Francisco's Brady Street
Dance Theater. "The audience loved it. They went really crazy," says John
Butterfield, then the manager of Brady Street. " Lomask's creation is visually
exciting. There is so much happening on stage." (Diane D. Urbani)
