
Will Rawls, still from "Alpha Dance," 2018; video.
Will Rawls
Artist Statement
My choreography stretches the rules that govern speech and dance, and explores how a performer plays with the transitions between such different forms of communication. The results are intimate portraits of how abstraction and embodiment are tangled up in ideas of what a person is, and what a self can mean over time.
While at Headlands
While at Headlands I’ll be developing choreography for a film project that focuses on the intimate gestures and dialogues of five performers in a fantastical environment. Beyond dance-making, I’ll be experimenting with camera filters, film editing techniques, and on-location shoots around the wilder parts of the Marin Headlands.
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