Society for the Reunification of Sound & Dance (SRSD) is an emergent performing arts endeavor whose object is to re-establish robust and conscious mutuality between sound and movement, with the ideal of assisting in the development of new-legacy idiomatic forms.

SRSD was established in Los Angeles in 2022 by Jamie Green and Alana Frey, who continue to operate it as an ambulatory project within Europe and the U.S.

This evening presents two different approaches to MOVEMENT and SOUND, both with the aim of articulating and elaborating on the vital interdependence of these two oft-tragically separated forms:

Jamie Green & Alana Frey: The respective improvisatory streams of Alana Frey and Jamie Green meet at an estuary of practical gnosis. Jamie ("the musician") and Alana ("the dancer") are concerned with the vertiginous integration of internal-eternal sensing and prosaic-immediate looking, pushing through visible into invisible, grass into sky, by way of SOUND and the danced secret in search of the real. Jamie is wont to proffer high-droning reeds of his own invention and construction, and rhythmic networks to furnish an elemental ground; Alana renders movement which delivers patiently through the pelvis, eyes, tips of fingers... voice sometimes spills. Presenting in a course of phases, this performance first establishes an esoteric vocabulary for the spontaneous transposition of sound-to-dance and vice versa, from which proceeds an exoteric and spirited, if novel, peasant dance.

Alana Frey (http://alanaalana.net) is a dancer and dance researcher working across movement improvisation, sounding of the voice, and written forms, currently based in London. Her performances reflect her devoted practice of tuning the body, mind, and soul to an increased sensitivity to the ephemeral and the mystical, to that which is secret, sacred, and silent. This work has been presented in numerous venues in Los Angeles (2016-2022).

Alana holds an MA in Dance Philosophy & History from Roehampton University, London. Her forthcoming PhD research, funded by the UK Arts Humanities Research Council (AHRC) - Techne, (also at Roehampton, commencing Fall 2024), will investigate parallel developments in early modern dance and esotericism at the turn of the twentieth century through mid-century, with an aim of articulating a conception of dance as embodied religious and spiritual experience.

Alana is a (nearly) certified Romana’s Pilates Teacher (Level V). She is rigorously trained in this authentic lineage of Classical Pilates, conveyed directly from Joseph Pilates to his disciple, Romana, who was entrusted with passing on his movement system and philosophy called Contrology (known today as “Pilates”). This work informs Alana’s practice as a dancer and researcher deeply.

Jamie Green (@besompresse) is a musician or poet, originally from Los Angeles, who affectionately engages onerous perennialisms by the toil of metaphysical humours and disdain for academic gentility, all the while struggling toward a consummate transcension of comprehension. He operates besom presse, a publisher especially concerned with *perceptually activated* works. His focus is on breathed-into instruments, snatched from the soil, working with them in both their crafting and sounding phases.

Jenny Hill: My current performance practice is a little like the setting of riddles to see what might happen. I work with particular elements in the particular environment; sound, words, gestures, movement phrases, ideas and objects. And I follow, discard, shuffle, re shuffle, juggling the different elements to allow a kind of loose narrative to arrive. I both know where I’m heading and leave space for surprise.

I have 2 impressions as a child concerning movement, both ‘low key’ street performances. One, a man dressed in grey, moving a combination of mime, robotics and dance; the second, a moving Japanese tea ceremony. Mesmerised by both, a small voice whispered to me.

I trained in contemporary dance, performance and choreography at the Laban Centre, De Montford University and the University of Roehampton.

I’ve been improvising and performing in various guises for 30 years, trying to distil a sense of how this body wants to move, within the given parameters.

Other influences include, Aikido, Japanese Butoh, and the Feldenkrais Method.

I’m a London based Feldenkrais Practitioner working with individuals and groups.

http://www.jennyhill.org

Doors 7:30

Performance 8:00

£10 in advance£12 at door