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Bangor Daily News
bio Dynamic - Through motion and emotion, Capacitor's cosmic circus fuses
art, science
Thursday, November 13, 2003
George Bragdon
The Earth spins. The Sun rises and sets. Gravity keeps us glued to the ground.
The oceans rise and fall in a continuous love affair with the moon. A body's
cells regenerate, imperceptibly dividing and re-dividing.
Science gives rational means of understanding these processes and their effects
- precise names, charts, tables, diagrams. But how can one hope to grasp these
natural phenomena emotionally, as well as myriad issues that arise from humankind's
interaction with the universe, technology and itself?
Through its multi-sensory shows, the San Francisco-based performance group
Capacitor seeks to bridge this gap between reason and emotion by fusing science
and art together. At 8 pm Saturday, Nov. 15, Capacitor will bring its innovative
show "Within Outer Spaces: to the Maine Center of the Arts in Orono.
Combining elements of modern dance, acrobatics, martial arts and circus with
intense visual and aural effects, Capacitor creates the thematic performances
based around scientific concepts and the human experience. A vibrant rumination
of the Earth and the universe. "Within Outer Spaces" was the group's
first show to be constructed by using the Capacitor Lab, a process fostering
a creative, collaborative dialogue between the directors, choreographers,
performers, and scientists.
"I think that the open forum process utilized by the Capacitor Lab is
one of the most revolutionary and exciting aspects of the work that we do,"
says Capacitor performer Alexander Zendzian. "As we begin a new project
we send out invitations to specialists in the fields that we are exploring.
In the case of 'Within Outer Spaces' we worked with astronomers and philosophers.
For our current work-in-progress 'Digging in the Dark' which is exploring
the layers of the Earth and the layers of the human mind, we called upon the
talents of geologists, geophysicists, and psychoanalysts."
