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Flights
of Fancy (Giselle, Martha, Corinne and Priscilla)
is a dance.
- Each
dancer is suspended in a moment of time and solidified in bronze. The
dance is many dances. What is shared is the experience of movement through
space. So, each stands alone, but together they create a lively dynamic.
The masks and hairdos that adorn them are truly part of my fancy.
- Giselle
- Her
movement is reminiscent of the flight of a gazelle. The gazelle is noted
for its soft lustrous eyes, here masked with a hard, protected gaze.
The position is a back layout requiring strong abdominal control with
release of the head and arms.
- Martha
- Inspired
by Martha Graham, one of the pioneers of modern dance. Graham developed
her own vocabulary of movement when ballet was considered to be the
only legitimate form of dance. She eschewed the rules of ballet finding
beauty in movement that critics likened to giving birth - the contraction.
This movement, inspired by forced exhalation, impels the lower spine
and head back. The ribbon represents her blind devotion to her art -
"keep the channel open," ""no artist is pleased," she once wrote to
Agnes de Mille.
- Corinne
- Adorned
with four thorny spindles of twisted hair, tenuously balanced en releve
- she is suspended like a marionette without strings. Her energy extended
far beyond her own limbs in order to sustain this position.
- Priscilla
- This
dramatic pose, like a bird in flight, requires tremendous strength.
Her countenance marked with stubborn pride, her thrown head and extended
arms reveal a wild abandonment.
http://www.rotenbergsculpture.com/
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Jule Rotenberg
