AttacksRightOff!
current project :: Little Ease [variations]
Little Ease was initially envisioned and performed nearly 25 years ago by choreographer Elizabeth Streb and has since been performed by a succession of dancers. In its current incarnation ami ipapo has been called on to take on the box. As a performer she is concerned with how much to honor the past and how much of herself to bring to the piece. As a member of the current Streb company, she is keenly aware of the evolution of Pop Action and uniquely suited to exploring this in her role as performer. In collaboration with matt tarr, an avid mover, who will proxy the role of observer via cameras and software.
AttacksRightOff! was initially formed to take advantage of a unique opportunity to explore a historic piece of dance and how it, and the environment, has changed over time. Our mission is to document, explore and extend movement using cinematography to define and curate the viewers' perspective. Our intent is not to interpret the movement for the viewer, or to impress them with athleticism, but to remove obstacles to the conversation between performer, environment and witness. Our goal is to bring both the performance and the viewing of the performance, out of its typical context.
Ami Bodami Ipapo is a competition kid turned aerialist turned STREB Extreme Action engineer.
A native of North Carolina, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from East Carolina University with a BFA in modern dance.
She has performed throughout the U.S. and internationally, working with choreographers including Elizabeth Streb, Gabriel Masson, Mia Michaels, Ezra Caldwell and Nai-Ni Chen.
Her pieces "Falling X" and "Oh Sheet!" have been featured in STREB's Slam Shows.
In addition to flying and falling with STREB, Ami works as a Pilates instructor and personal trainer.
She loves making movies, playing dress up and hanging with her BFFs.
Matt Tarr is a 30-something, skate-rat, military brat; raised on the north-side of half a dozen cities.
He re-discovered movement after a decade long hiatus (he was busy building 'the Internets').
While the Internet still has a powerful grip on him, it has morphed into a vehicle to house and distribute his works.
Matt is equally at home coding interactive web experiences, shooting and editing video, pulling shoulder-high back-tucks` or 20" up in the catch trapeze.
Matt has many stories to tell.
news & info
15 Dec 2009
New Festival Screening and Possible Jury Prize
We were notified a few weeks ago that Little Ease [outside the box] was accepted into the Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center. Screening and award announcements will be in January. check out the
schedule
15 Dec 2009
DanceMedia.com's Video of the month
So better late than never. We had some email issues and missed the announcement. LittleEase was featured on the DanceMedia website as September's Video of the Month! Head over and check it out... you might even feel the need to register and vote us up.
http://dancemedia.com/v/2745
17 Aug 2009
Prozess film night to screen Little Ease [outside the box]
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119738891780&ref=ts
Little Ease [otb] to be screened Wednesday at PROZESS FILM NIGHT come say hello, see some art and have a cocktail!
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, August 19th
Location:Lyons Weir Gallery: 7th + 20th nyc
7 Jul 2009
Little Ease [otb] screened at the American Dance Festival
Greetings Friends, Family and Film Junkies -
Little Ease [outside the box] has been chosen to be screened at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina! The 14th annual Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance takes place July 10-12 at Duke University, and our film will be shown Friday July 10 at 8pm at White Lecture Hall on Duke's East Campus. Please spread the word to any dancers who may be attending ADF, as well as your southern art enthusiast friends!
http://www.americandancefestival.org/projects/dfc.html
29 May 2009
a new writeup
Once again those excellent folks over at
Move the Frame have done us a great honor. Dawn has written a piece about choreography in
cinedance (is Cinedance to be italicized, capitalized, or both)...
the film was able to capture more action and intensity in the piece. I felt more connected to the dancer by being able to hear her breathing, and see her minute facial expressions as she powerfully pushes through the movements
Head over and read the whole thing.
4 May 2009
Kinetic Cinema to present LittleEase[outside the box]
We are really excited that AttacksRightOff
! has been asked to screen
Little Ease [outside the box] as a part of Victoria Murphy's talk on the art of dance film (also known as Cinedance). The talk is part of the ongoing series Kinetic Cinema...
About Kinetic Cinema:
Kinetic Cinema is a co-presentation of Chez Bushwick and Pentacle’s Movement Media project, and happens on the second Wednesday of each month as part of a weekly dance, visual & media arts series at Chez Bushwick in Brooklyn. Exploring the intersection of dance and the moving image, each screening features a different guest artist from the fields of dance and media art who share a selection of films and videos that have inspired or informed their views on dance. These could be works for screen that feature dance, are kinetic-based, or have been influential on their work in some way. The guest curators come from a range of backgrounds as performers, choreographers, critics, video artists, and filmmakers.
Come out and join in on the discussion, see our film and hang out with like-minded people from the world of dance, film, media and movement!
p.s. check out Pentacle's excellent blog
Move the Frame 
