Örjan Sandred (2025)
Tracing the Space Between
a multimedia installation for three video monitors, video projector and four loudspeakers.
Tracing the Space Between explores how gesture—through dance and conducting—maps sound into space. Sonic expressions are embodied and communicated across boundaries within a shared sensory field. Featuring three conductors and one dancer, the work places strong emphasis on visual communication.
All four performers embody the same musical pulse and expression, which in the final installation is removed and replaced by a soundscape that closely follows the visual expressions. This new soundtrack is intentionally minimal, occasionally reduced to the ticking of a clock that mark the passing of time and pulse, allowing the visual
language to come to the forefront.At other moments the sounds swell in response to the performers’ physical energy, finding sonic accents and movements that reflect and amplify the gestural expression.
Pre-showing on October 29 from 6 pm (end at 8 pm) at the C.A.S.T building at the University of Manitoba.
Örjan Sandred, composer and concept
Stephan Azulay, choreography and dance
Jacquie Dawson, conductor
Hans Ek, conductor
Julian Pellicano, conductor
Örjan Sandred is a Professor of Composition at the University of Manitoba.
Stephan Azulay is a principal dancer at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
Hans Ek is a Swedish freelance conductor and arranger.
Jacquie Dawson is an Associate Professor and the Director of Bands at the University of Manitoba.
Julian Pellicano is the staff conductor of the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto.