David Michalek | Slow Dancing

			David Michalek: Slow Dancing An indoor version of the large-scale installation april 18-26 ISm Gallery of Sacred Arts HOURS Wednesday-Friday: Noon-6 PM Weekends: Noon-4 PM Still image from Slow Dancing.
	Other Events		Slow Dancing Intro Videos of the dancers: Nejla Y. Yatkin Gabriel "Kwikstep" Dionisio Fang-yi Sheu Herman Cornejo Trisha Brown About: Slow Dancing is a series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of dancers and choreographers from around the world, displayed on multiple screens. Each subject's movement (approximately 5 seconds long) was shot on a specially constructed set using a high-speed, high-definition camera recording at 1,000 frames per second (standard film captures 30 frames per second). The result is approximately 10 minutes of extreme slow motion. The trio of portraits will be randomly selected for each cycle, allowing viewers to simultaneously compare dancers from different styles and cultures. What at first appears to be a series of still photographs unfolds gesture by barely perceptible gesture—a motion portrait in which each dancer's unique artistic expression and technique are revealed. Viewers can choose to focus on one dancer's complete performance or observe the interplay among the screens. The extreme slow motion enables the viewer to share privileged information about the complexity of the simplest gestures, catching details that would normally escape the naked eye.

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David Michalek: Slow Dancing