dancing with dinosaurs.

i dance. 

i dance quite a lot actually.

 my life is sometimes consumed by it.. just a tiny bit.

 one of the projects i have been involved in recently ended last week. 

glyph.

 glyph was a multimedia site specific piece done at the natural history museum in salt lake city. 

if you have not been to this museum its a must see. 

stunning really.

 the project was organized and choreographed by one of my wonderful brilliant professors ellen bromberg. 

we have been working on this collaborative process for four-ish months now.

 fourteen dancers, one museum, and a whole lot of movement and space to explore.

 it was pretty neat. 

nothing could have prepared me for  such a unique and intimate experience.

 being in a space where people can just walk around and be so close to you while you are dancing, puts things on a whole new level!

 plus being in an amazing space architecturally as well as dancing with dinosaurs sure was exciting. 

the piece was created to be mostly improvised, and the surroundings, sound score, and projects lent to finding all sorts of inspiration. 

 here are a couple of snip-its of the work. 

some guy filmed them on his i-phone.  

im the one in the red... oh and with socks.

us juniors getting ready for the big performance.
(amanda,me,samantha,melissa)


to learn more about glyph read the article featured in the salt lake tribune. here.

 

"Dancer Kylie Lloyd is one of 14 performers creating "Glyph," a multi-media performance at the Natural History Museum of Utah." (Courtesy image by Benjamin Mielke)

i loved this performance opportunity. 

i was so touched by this sweet older man who found me after the performance carrying around his news paper with the tribune article and asked for my autograph.(when i told zach the story he thought i said little boy... later when he found out it was an old guy he thought it was a bit creepy.. he really was a cute little old man though!)

 things like that make the crazy long hours of rehearsal worth it.

it is a rewarding experience to discover that something you have created has made an impact, in someway, in another persons life.

i still cant believe that dinosaurs once were real! 

crazyness! (or cray-cray as carly would say it) :)

that thought entered my head more than once while dancing... i probably should have been focusing on not kicking some nearby spectator in the head. 
oh well.