Every Night I Lose Control is electronic post-modern cabaret act that explores the ideas of disintegration and failure. Every piece is designed so that the performer will fail. This show follows the trajectory of her attempts to regain balance and composure in the wreckage. A phenomenological exploration of how the loss of control over musical interface engenders different modes of embodied experience. Heavily influenced by tango, Weimar cabaret, and early goth rock, this work explores the danger of performance and ultimately exposes the vulnerabilities of its performer.
Works in Cycle
Things that Breathe (2007) for voice and live electronics
Study in Losing Control (2007) for tuba and live electronics
Study in Losing Control II (2007) for voice, accordion, and live electronics
Balancing Act (2008) for voice, accelerometer, and live electronics
The Error of my Ways (2008) for voice, accelerometer, and live electronics
Balancing Act II (2009) for broomstick, accelerometer, and live electronics
Selected Performances
2009
INsideOUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Cabaret Show at The Tank, 45 Street Theater, New York, NY
The Outpost 186, Cambridge, MA
The Elevens, Northhampton, MA
The Murder Cabaret, The Tank, 45 Street Theater, New York, NY
2008
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
The Lilypad, Boston, MA
Festival of New Musics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
McGuffey Art Center, Studio 11, Charlottesville, VA
The Lighthouse, Washington, DC
The Red Room Collective, Baltimore, MD
The Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC
Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
Critical Events at Firehouse 13, Providence, RI
2007
Hartt School of Music, Hartford, CT
The Boston Cyber-Arts Festival, Brandeis University, MA
Master’s Thesis