In 2010, the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano and the subsequent total shutdown of European air traffic made Liz Kinoshita think about the ease with which we travel the world today.
In VOLCANO, she uses mechanisms from musical genres of the 1930s to the 1950s to reveal the hectic lives of contemporary performers and globetrotters.
VOLCANO tells us about the lifestyle, the endless tours that are needed to make performances possible, but it is also about the reflections that arise when a volcano causes us to land with both feet on the ground.
2014
Concept + direction: Liz Kinoshita
Creation + performance: Liz Kinoshita, Clinton Stringer, Salka Ardal Rosengren, Justin F. Kennedy
Dramaturgical advice: Chrysa Parkinson
Musical advice: Chris Peck
Scenografical advice: Tim Wouters
Technician: Jitske Vandenbussche
Production: Caravan Production
Co-production: Workspacebrussels, Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek, Vooruit, in the framework of the European network, [DNA] DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
With the support of: Vlaamse Overheid, Konstnärsnämnden, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Liz Kinoshita was born in Canada and moved to Europe in 2002 to further study and work. In 2004 Liz participated in DanceWEB during the ImpulsTanz Festival in Vienna, Austria. She then studied in P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, Belgium from 2004-2008.
