Dancing on a Plate

Performance/Installation
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, March 1996

Dancing on a Plate was an installation with 3 audio tapes and an opening night performance for 6 performers. As the audience moved through the gallery the spring-loaded floor would drop under them and contact switches would turn on the audiotapes. The images of large knots on the floor and the vocals and sound of the audiotapes referenced a square dance with the dancing enacting the indecision and difficulties associated with departures.

Audio: Kathleen Yearwood, Stacy Read

Audio engineers Terry Pullman and Andy Robbins

Performers: Eli D.Campanaro, Chris Bennett, Dwayne Carberry, Lisa Gosse, AnnetteManning, Terry O’Reilly

Costumes: Jude Major

Production Assistance: Eli D.Campanaro, Jason Blanche, Lesley Johnson, Peggy Firth, Ryan Sherwood

Electrical and mechanical fabrication: Grant Webber

Installation assistance: George Cambie, Diana Campanaro, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College VA students, and faculty: Chris Batten, Jason Cochrane, Kelly Cunningham, Lisa Gosse, AnnetteManning, Bob Pope, John Rao, Les Sasaki, Karla TuckerBarbara Lounder, Colleen O’Neill, Gail Tuttle, Charlotte Jones, David Morrish, KathleenSellars, Don Melwald, Michael Coyne