Arcane Collective is a contemporary dance production company, producing and presenting work from a cooperative of international artists from different backgrounds. It was founded in 2011 by Morleigh Steinberg, a dancer and choreographer and Oguri, a dancer and choreographer from Japan.[1]

Arcane Collective
General information
NameArcane Collective
Year founded2011 (2011)
FoundersMorleigh Steinberg
Oguri
Principal venueDublin, Ireland
Websitearcanecollective.com
Artistic staff
Resident ChoreographersLiz Roche

Their performance Cold Dream Colour was presented in 2012, as a homage to the important Irish artist Louis le Brocquy, the performance being inspired by his paintings.[2] Morleigh explained "He so often pays homage to different painters, and I thought, for his birthday we could pay homage to him."[3] The music was composed by Paul Chavez and performed by U2's The Edge with choreography by Liz Roche[4] Steinberg, the artistic director of the piece staged a solo dance as well as a duet with her sister Roxanne, wife of Oguri.[5] Excerpts from Cold Dream Colour were performed at the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process series in New York in 2013 and Irish broadcaster John Kelly moderated a discussion of the work with its creators.[6]

Collaborating dancers include Cat Westwood, Boaz Barkan, Sherwood Chen, Joyce Lu and Dani Lunn and costume design by Mariad Whisker.[7]

Personnel

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Dancers

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  • Roxanne Steinberg
  • Cat Westwood
  • Boaz Barkan
  • Sherwood Chen
  • Dani Lunn
  • Joyce Lu
  • Morleigh Steinberg

Choreographer

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  • Morleigh Steinberg
  • Oguri

Musicians

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Artists

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Costume designer

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  • Mariad Whisker[8]

References

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  1. ^ Bleiberg, Laura (2013). "Review: Striking visuals lift 'Cold Dream Colour' at REDCAT". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Cold Dream Colour". Lindsey Holmes Publicity. 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Cold Dream Colour, US Premiere". U2. 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Arcane Collective: Cold Dream Colour". guggenheim.org. 2013. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  5. ^ Murphy, Adrienne (2013). "For A Dancer". hotpress.com. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  6. ^ Burke, Siobhan. "Works & Process at the Guggenheim". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Collaborators". Arcane Collective. 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  8. ^ "Arcane Collective". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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