alyssa bunce
Mrs. of the Home
Alluding to a short-format preformative piece that observes the unseen moments of a woman exploring the fringes of lucidity; bearing witness as her world become threadbare through eyes clouded with synthetic apathy. Set in 1960's USA, when benzodrines were handed out freely to housewives, in conspiracy to keep them submissive and tolerant to the dark realities imposed on them.
A darkly comedic, surreal contemporary circus piece created & interpreted by Alyssa Bunce.
music:
Le nozze sul mare, Nino Rota
Angie La La, Nora Dean
Storia della maratona di Efeso, Nino Rota
Out from Below
conception & interpretation by Alyssa
music: Clouds, Christoph El Truento
text: excerpt from "Worm Song" by Margaret Atwood (You Are Happy, 1974)
Vals Metafisico
"Metaphysical Waltz"
Aerial hoop performance to "El Vals Metafísico", an original composition by Pedro Dabdoub.
Photography and Filming: Benjamin Ramaugé
Editing and Montage: Alexis Maureira Bohus
Gardens of Felicity
“A glimpse into a dream I had, rolling hills licked with heavenly light, an absence of worldly pain; the dawning of bliss that transcends language, a fleeting taste of archaic felicity..."
Aerial Hoop promo, alluding to a complete piece.
Music: Sweet Thing, Van Morisson
Dance of the Sand Flea
cross discipline improvisation.
Music: Caribea, Moondog
Trinity - selected clips
A compilation of footage from the piece Trinity.
Video: Brin Schoellkopf
Music: Jan Bang, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset
Video filmed at L'École Nationale de Cirque.
Trinity - Trailer
"Trinity" is a homage to the story of Joan of Arc; and an exploration of sacrifice, devotion, and the ethereal. This video alludes to Alyssa's original muliple aerial hoop act; Trinity.
Video: Brin Schoellkopf
Music: Jan Bang, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset
Video clips borrowed from "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" by Carl Dreyer.
LadyBug
Contortion
Music: Amelita Galli-Curci - Crepuscule
The Weight of a Spine
The Weight of a Spine.
Le poids d'une colonne vertébrale.
Movement Research by Alyssa Bunce
Music: Hoàng Oanh
Video/montage: Alyssa Bunce
Dolomite
Acrobatic research & improvisation.
Poem by Jack Kerouac read by Johnny Depp