Daneeta Jackson of the Elektrik Zoo creative partnership performed live projections at the New Orleans Fringe Festival Friday and Saturday. This performance marked the 4th collaboration with Chard Gonzalez, dancer, choreographer and founder of the Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre.
The projections were a collage of clips downloaded off of Youtube and original Elektrik Zoo generated video. The images were mixed in as many as six different video frames. “I wanted to experiment with the messiness of overlapping frames,” said Jackson. “Chard structured the dance around different stages in life from childhood to sexy 20’s to old age, and I wrapped themed images around that.”
Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre is a recently established nonprofit organization based in New Orleans. Their mission is to amplify the talents of dance theatre artists and to enhance the public’s appreciation of dance theatre through evocative productions performed locally, nationally and internationally.
The New Orleans Fringe Festival nurtures emerging and established performing artists by presenting fun, fearless and affordable theater to the community and creating ties between artists, audiences, businesses and local organizations.
