Momentum120, Offering #2: “Parachute Day”

This is our second Momentum120 offering, titled “Parachute Day.”

The dancers and I generated the movement for this lovely duet by playing a game of Twister. After smoothing and codifying the movements into a phrase, we created the overall structure around the duet.

I didn’t want to make a Twister reference in the title, since I thought that would be too obvious. I remembered being a kid in gym class, and coming in to see the giant parachute spread out on the floor. This duet has that kind of feeling, so that’s what I went with.

Choreographer: Ellen Deutsch (with the dancers)

Dancers: Patty Petronello, LaMar Williams

Music: “Easy Lemon,” by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)