Spotify Playlist – Inspirations and references
Youtube Playlist – Inspirations, references, and Research
There are also many, MANY Instagram videos that have served to be an amazing primary source of both research and inspiration, especially as it relates to approaching a visual short-form language for dance. However, since Instagram doesn’t allow one to make playlists (let alone post or embed them), I can only nod to them here.
And also just a list of all the companion pieces consumed as this project was coming about (separate from the countless articles, books, and papers, which were consumed for the research aspect):
Poetics by Aristotle
Oyasumi Punpun by Inio Asano
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Nocturama by Annie Baker
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Stranger by Albert Camus
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
The Swimmer by John Cheever
The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever
The Darling by Anton Chekhov (via “A Swim in a Pond in The Rain” by George Saunders)
Gooseberries by Anton Checkhov (via “A Swim in a Pond in The Rain” by George Saunders)
In the Cart by Anton Chekhov (via “A Swim in a Pond in The Rain” by George Saunders)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fire Punch by Tatsuki Fujimoto
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol (via “A Swim in a Pond in The Rain” by George Saunders)
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
Seraphim: 266613336 Wings by Satoshi Kon & Mamoru Oshii
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Journal of a Novel by John Steinbeck
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Travels with Charley: in Search of America by John Steinbeck
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Working Days by John Steinbeck
Alyosha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy (via “A Swim in a Pond in The Rain” by George Saunders)
Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy (via “A Swim in a Pond in The Rain” by George Saunders)
The Singers by Ivan Turgenev (via “A Swim in a Pond in The Rain” by George Saunders)
20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa
Monster by Naoki Urasawa
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Fences by August Wilson
The I Ching (what I could, I think I need to read the Tao Te Ching first…)
(in process)
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
And while the words here feel meager and insufficient, to those dancers interviewed for the piece- thank you. In the way that a dancer’s body carries the memories of all those who came before them, please consider this piece’s existence as a similar kind of lineage that you can also be found in.
And also, last but not least, a very special shoutout to the force of nature that is Oliver Efremov whose passion and expertise extends far beyond the technical and well into the beautiful. He was instrumental in not just the creation of this website but also the elevation of it on a general, fundamental level!