Electroacoustic Composers of Western (ECOW) + Friends

5 dancers, 3 on cement blocks and 2 on ground, in different artistic poses. A view of the bay behind them.

Eight of these pieces were a collaboration between Music and Dance. Bruce Hamilton’s MUS 432 (Electroacoustic Music) joined with Susan Haines’ DNC 323/DNC 423 (Advanced Contemporary Dance). Four of the works originated with the music. The other four began with choreography and video making. The classes swapped files and finished with a diverse collection of dance/music videos. The videos center around explorations of motion and space. We borrowed ideas from Denis Smalley’s writings on spectromorphology, as well as class discussions. Setting restrictions for the choreographers and videographers caused by the 2020 pandemic became an opportunity to explore new ways of interacting within and across spaces.

The four stereo playback music pieces are the final projects of the MUS 432 class.

The last piece is a quick and dirty “telephone-style” improvisation piece for video. It replaces the traditional group improv at the end of the ECOW show in its in-person concert setting.

Thanks for watching & listening!
Bruce Hamilton & Susan Haines

Full playlist

Individual Pieces

1. Collab #1v

Choreography & Video

Hannah Fredrikson, Allison Hargett, Chloe Munkelien

Music

Tristan McGarr

2. Ryan Evans - DNL (audio only)

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3. Collab #1m

Music

Alan Wild

Choreography & Video

Briani Allen, Camille Dale, Rio Fukuoka, Lainie Pennington

4. Collab #2m

Music

Ryan Evans

Choreography & Video

Briani Allen, Camille Dale, Rio Fukuoka, Lainie Pennington

5. Fletcher VanBuren (audio only)

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6. Collab #2v

Choreography & Video

Bailey Kager, Bethany Lynch, Gabi Ross, Sarah Seeberger

Music

Alan Wild

7. Collab #3m

Music

Tristan McGarr

Choreography & Video

Hannah Fredrikson, Allison Hargett, Chloe Munkelien, Paige Pimmel

8. Alan Wild: Breach (audio only)

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9. Collab #3v

Choreography & Video

Briani Allen, Camille Dale, Rio Fukuoka, Lainie Pennington

Music

Fletcher Van Buren

10. Collab #4v

Choreography & Video

Hannah Goebel, Valerie Goliff, Cierra Johnson, Kelsey Lampe

Music

Ryan Evans

11. Tristan McGarr: On The Cusp (audio only)

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12. Collab #4m

Music

Fletcher Van Buren

Choreography & Video

Bailey Kager, Bethany Lynch, Gabi Ross, Sarah Seeberger

13. MUS 432 Improv

Ryan Evans, Tristan McGarr, Fletcher Van Buren, Alan Wild