Light-Print

  • Jesse Obremski

  • Says and Done

    by Trevor Bumgarner, an original commissioned composition

  • Asami Morita and Jesse Obremski

  • Keiko Obremski

  • Ranging from 3 - 24

    Original Cast: Alicia Delgadillo, Kevin Pajarillaga, and Jake Tribus

  • World Premiere at 280 Gibney Theater (March 2022) and an excerpt was showcased by MOVE|NYC| (August 2022).

    This work later was a part of a partnership between Gibney, Gibney Company, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Fall For Dance North, presented in Canada (April 2023 and October 2023). Part of this partnership was the expansion of the 9-minute trio into a 30-minute work for 24 dancers.

  • 9-minutes

  • Light-Print comes from a personal discovery of what it means to be analytical, a “computer”, and factual. With hanging light fixtures, the performers begin in an underground lab facility and explore how ideas can overwhelm, ignite, and excite our conscious and collective energies. Enhanced by an original composition, by composer Trevor Bumgarner, the vast dichotomy of raw and pristine physicality amplifies the atmospheric space connecting movement, music, and production. The work also brings forward an original costume design by Keiko Obremski which is expanded upon by TMU's wardrobe department. In collaboration with Lighting Designer, Asami Morita, Light-Print allows the lighting fixtures to play as another performing character in this creation to inform, enlighten, and remind us about the importance of constant self-discovery.

Video courtesy of Fall for Dance North. Filmed and edited by Kendra Epik.

“In Obremski’s Light-Print, segments of movement are presented then revisited, giving the impression that the work is continually beginning. The dancers perform a series of gestures that repeat exactly or with slight variation— a single sharp snap of the fingers, hands that grab at the head then pull away, vigorous swipes down the arms as if attempting to brush dirt from sleeves. Sculptural yet fluid movement phrases overlap, and performers join each other in moments of unison before returning to solo explorations. Soaring turns and arms that curve to embrace invisible forms are motifs that echo throughout. The way Obremski repeats movement feels more like meditation than overstatement.

Dressed in long lab coats, the lighting minimal, the performers movement experiments are sometimes overwhelming, sometimes comforting. Composer Trevor Bumgarner’s score drives the raw yet immaculate physicality of the dancers who both witness and engage in acts of discovery.”

- Cecly Placenti, The Dance Enthusiast (2024)

 

Obremski/Works Artists (left to right) Eleanor Simmons, Ian Debono, and Kyla Balser in Light-Print by Jesse Obremski. Photo by McCall McClellan.