GIMP: gimp (gimp)
1. a ribbonlike, braided fabric
2. fighting spirit; vigor
3. a lame person
4. slang; a halting, lame walk
5. to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically
GIMP is a collision of two worlds coming together that are not supposed to co-exist. GIMP examines the uncompromising ways we are often identified or defined by our physicality
GIMP confronts the audience with their preconceptions, challenging us to re-think conventional notions about dance, performance and body image. An exploration, that dives into the heart of difference and the unexpected.
GIMP
A Heidi Latsky Dance and ALLIGER ARTS Production
Friday, October 29, 2010 at 7:30pm
Lied Center Main Stage
Tickets: $16 regular / $8 students and youth
For tickets, please visit: www.liedcenter.org
For tickets, please visit: www.liedcenter.org
Post-performance talk on stage with Heidi Latsky and Joan Acocella immediately following the performance
For more information about GIMP and Heidi Latsky, click here.
GIMP features performers with a variety of limbs in a work that transcends the physical differences on stage. GIMP creates a tangible sensuality, a touch of voyeurism and a new frame of reference as both performers AND audiences are acutely aware of being watched.
GIMP is a word we are taught not to use as we are taught not to stare at people who have physical disabilities. But GIMP also means 'fighting spirit', 'interwoven fabric' and 'trembling with ecstasy, and it is all those meanings that truly define GIMP.
GIMP turns on its head accepted notions of dance, performance and body image.
The Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium is sponsored by the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, presented, in part, by the Lied Center for Performing Arts, and funded, in part, by the Hixson-Lied Endowment.IAS Fall 2010 activities are supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
