Abstract
This piece was presented at Abrons Arts Center, May 6-8, 2016, together with "Chaplet of Roses" which it followed in the program. The performance was part of a series, Travelogues, curated by Laurie Uprichard.
PROGRAM NOTES
Created and performed by: Colin Gee and Angie Smalis
Music by (They Go Out in Joy): Erin Gee
Audio Design: Colin Gee
Video and Set Design: Colin Gee
Costume Design: Angie Smalis and Colin Gee
Lighting Designer/Production Manager: Tricia Toliver
Video Post-production assistance (Chaplet of Roses):
Patrick Kelley
Travelogues Curator: Laurie Uprichard
Press Representation: Janet Stapleton
Presented in association with Irish Arts Center
They Go Out in Joy (2016), is a series of performance portraits drawn from photographs of Irish emigrants taken just prior to their departure from Cobh, Ireland in the 1920’s, when Cobh was the major port of emigration. The photos are part of a local collection belonging to Iris Toner, who's parents owned the boarding house though which these emigrants passed. Set against the background of present day Cobh, Gee and Smalis again portray all the roles, shifting between the public and private lives of each persona at a single moment of pause ⎯ imagining what has just happened or is about to happen.
They Go Out in Joy was initiated through a residency at Sirius Arts Centre, curated by Peggy Sue Amison. A portion of the work took place in residence at Brooklyn Studios for Dance.