Runtime: 17 mins (excerpts: 5-10mins)
4 dancers
Music & Sounds: Alessandro Cortini, with self-recorded sounds from nature
Premier: Dixon Place, August 2017
Phyla is an abstract interpretation of the billion year journey of evolution. Beginning as single-celled organisms, the work fast forwards to the development of the complex creatures of today and takes the viewer through a progressive landscape of natural processes and augmentation. Inspired by cellular division, genetic mutation, animal classes, herd mentality, swarming, and hereditary similarities, Phyla aims to take science and transform it into a tangible visual study.