Mojca Majcen and Misa Kelly

TITLE: Abao A Qu Choreography/Costumes: Misa Kelly Performance: Mojca Majcen Costume Consultant: Anaya Cullen Sound: Misa Kelly using a blend of Costa Rica Sounds of the Forest, Taraf de Hadöuks, Distant Voices-Kirzghistan, Verdi, Spanish Guitars, Alex Siniavski, freesound.org sound samples.

A Bao A QU ist ein abstraktes zehnminütiges Solo-Tanzstück, sehr emotional, extrem physisch und tief psychologisch. Der Arbeitsprozess begann über Skypemeetings. Durch den Austausch von Bewegungsmaterial mit geposteten Videos auf Youtube wurde das Stück konkretisiert und mit nur 5 gemeinsamen Proben im Rahmen einer Residency fertig gestellt. Misa Kelly hat für Mojca Macjen einen Tanz entworfen, welcher Mojca als elitäre Tänzerin und weltklassige Künstlerin in Szene setzt.

A Bao A Qu is an abstract 10 minute contemporary dance that is intensely emotional, hyper-physical, and deeply psychological solo. Set on Mojca Majcen the work was shaped by Misa Kelly with the intent to sate Mojca’s voracious appetite for work that challenges her as an elite dance athlete and world class artist. The musical mix is rich and varied and serves to facilitating the sundry of moods the work journeys through. Sound elements range from sounds from the Costa Rica jungles, opera, a woman weeping, the sounds of horses, glasses clinking, Spanish guitars & the haunting lament of a Kirzghistan woman. The process of creating the work began with skype meetings and exchanging movement notes through use of video posted to YouTube. When Mojca arrived to be in residence the work was fully fleshed out in a brief 5 rehearsals and was performed to critical acclaim along with Moki’s Wedding.

Elizabeth Schwyzer of The Santa Barbara Independent had this to say about her solos.

"Mojca Majcen, who gave a riveting performance of both Misa Kelly’s richly layered solos, “A Bao A Qu” and “Moki’s Wedding.” Majcen’s the kind of dancer you can’t stop watching: Her exquisite technique is matched by a spellbinding presence. Whether she’s slapping the floor or firing off an above-the-head jeté, she’s in complete command. It’s only when other dancers join her onstage that you realize she’s hardly more than five feet tall." Rehearsal photo by Kathee Miller.