sw04 audio opensource_audio stopwatch Experimental http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ <I>Running at the Sunshine</I> was conceived as an imagined community behind the doors (and up the stairs) of the incongruously named Sunshine Hotel, one of the last remaining men's flophouses on Manhattan's Bowery -- a point on a late-night ramble from Chinatown to a greasy taco stand in the Village. These fantasies were later bolstered by an NPR documentary, and a wonderful book of photographs ("Flophouse" by David Isay, Stacy Abramson, and Harvey Wang), which uncovered links to a New York of a bygone era. With the story and text in place, choreographer-director <A HREF=" http://www.commedia-dell-arte.com/">Judith Chaffee</A> and composer (and my old friend) <A HREF="http://www.matthewvanbrink.com">Matthew Van Brink</A> worked closely together to realize the story in space and sound. Employing a deep percussion arsenal, Van Brink evokes a still clattering, post-industrial New York filled with squealing breaks, rusty dumpsters, and the undergridding rhythmic bustle of a city filled with permanent transients. The premiere February 2003 production at Boston University, from which this release was taken, combined taped voice-overs, live speaking and movement, recorded music, and extensive lighting to create a piece of dance-theater. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 1 2005-07-15 22:20:17 2005-07-14 12:50:49 jjarnow jjarnow@well.com jjarnow jjarnow 2005-07-17 22:22:32 2006-02-19 22:52:31 Matthew Van Brink and Jesse Jarnow 22:49 Running at the Sunshine (Ballet for Percussion Ensemble) (2003) first performed 20 February 2003 Huntington Theater - Boston, Massachusetts Boston University Percussion Ensemble Jon Bisesi, conductor, 2003 music by Matthew Van Brink text by Jesse Jarnow choreography by Judith Chaffee Stopwatch Recordings <A HREF="mailto:jjarnow@well.com">jjarnow@well.com</A> // <A HREF="http://www.wunderkammern27.com">http://www.wunderkammern27.com</A> 315 seigel st. / #206 / brooklyn, ny / 11206 sound 2006-02-20 21:57:43 jjarnow