POLYmen

A trio inspired musically by J.S.Bach's Chaconne in D Minor and thematically by the concept of optical illusions. The piece reacts to the structure of theme and multiple variations in which the Chaconne was composed, the meditative-obsessive repetition of its base line, the repeated harmony and its representation in dance. Just as visual multi-stability can be evoked by visual patterns that are too ambiguous for the human visual system to recognize with one unique interpretation, the idea is for the piece to create the trigger for viewers to use their innate perceptual organization to make sense of the visual and musical stimuli. POLY has three casts, one of all female dancers, one of all male dancers and one mixed cast.