28 problems

One minute from Dayna Hanson's dance, "28 problems," at Base Oct. 27, 2016 as part of 9e2. With Jim Fletcher, Madison Haines, Dayna Hanson and Julia Sloane. Videotaped by Miles Burnett and Jake Rossilli. Edited by Sean Donavan. Light design by Dave Proscia. Costumes and scenography by Dayna Hanson. "28 problems" includes an homage to Bruce Naumann's "Violent Incident." "28 problems" is an evening-length dance that transcodes the content of a discarded sheet of handwritten calculus problems into a hybrid dance and visual language. The piece owes its existence to Henry and Linus Mumford, who generated—and left behind—that page of problems. More info at daynahanson.com

Dance quartet
Created, choreographed and directed by Dayna Hanson
with Jim Fletcher, Dayna Hanson, Madison Rough and Julia Sloane

Based on a discarded sheet of calculus equations, 28 problems began as a quartet dance featuring Jim Fletcher, Hanson, Madison Rough and Julia Sloane. An original vocabulary made of dozens of kinesthetic symbols—movement “glyphs” that reflect mathematical signs—forms the foundation of a work that bridges personal influences and abstract form. After a five-year hiatus, the work is being remounted to function at the center of a new, composite work called Hugely Amplified Presence that includes new and archival choreography and film elements.

A virtual companion to the dance, the 28 problems GLYPH GIFs feature selected movement vocabulary in a grid of animated front and back views that can be dragged and dropped by the viewer to make new mathematical expressions and choreography in two-dimensional space.

28 problems was created with support from 4Culture, 9e2, Abrons Arts Center, American Dance Festival, Base, Bossak Heilbron Charitable Foundation, Glenn Kawasaki, Office of Arts & Culture, John C. Robinson, Carlo & Lalie Scandiuzzi, University of Washington Dance Program, Case VanRij and Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. 28 problems was presented in workshop form in Oct. 2016 at Base as part of 9e2 .

(photo by Jacob Rosen)

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