“Show Me The Money” a dance theater installation for a former bank vault underneath New York’s Wall St, will premiere November 5-7, 2009.
Choreographed by Catherine Galasso. Dancers in this video are Indah Boyle, Catherine Galasso, Adele Jayle, Yuko Mitsuishi, and Alex Sachs.
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we performed some scene sketches on august 1st, 2009, as part of a private showing in order to gain feedback from invited guests, as well as bring closure to the first period of the swing space residency. I will be taking a break for the month of august and resuming the residency on September 13th.
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when i come up from the vault for air, i often see these men in the blue coats walking around outside 14 wall street. Here’s a link i found to a video of a time-lapse shot from inside the stock exchange. it’s fascinating. if only I could go inside!
Here are the results of a brainstorming session with Ryan Rosales, technical coordinator and lighting designer for “Show Me The Money.”
Asylum, trapped, creating confidence about an idea until it becomes real. a stock projection, realized because of the energy surrounding it. the space feels like a submarine. airless, lightless room. why change it?
It’s stuck in time, almos ghostlike, “gothic.” Oppressive, disconnected from reality. Industrial.
rabbit scene from Lynch's "Inland Empire"
Objects? Typewriter, stock ticker, radio hiss, static. Surveillance cameras, video monitors.
Watch David Lynch’s “Inland Empire”
What was in the vault? Gold, cash, bond certificates.
Possible characters? Buster Crabbe (a popular serials actor of the 1930’s who later became a stockbroker , his roles included those of Tarzan and Flash Gordon)
Today is the first day of my Swing Space residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. I am in the “Lower Vault” of a former bank located at 14 wall street, directly across from the New York Stock Exchange. The building is now owned by Capstone Equities, who donated this space to the LMCC. It’s a strange space, in a strange neighborhood.
The first thing I want to do is write. I took Tere O’Connor’s workshop at Movement Research last week, and I learned that writing is key. In order to keep track of my goals, my list of things to do, and most importantly: my moods. My feelings about a work shift dramatically through the process, and each new project feels like the first time. These emotions feel unpredictable. But perhaps if I try to keep track, I can locate some patterns… and eventually learn how to include them in my process instead of rejecting them.
Below are some pictures that I took in the vault when I visited the space with Ryan Rosales, my lighting technician friend and partner in crime for the show that I’m creating here.
Show Me The Money 