Meet the Composer

Tool is Loot (working title): a new work of approx. 60-70 min., made in collaboration by the composer Jonathan Bepler and two established choreographers, Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey. While the process of the work is a work unto itself - involving finite experiences throughout - it is also a game leading to other games of meaning, intent and form and a crucial part of Tool is Loot. Bepler, Cardona and Lacey’s work together will be an acquaintance of the survey of styles and interpretation methods with which they have come in contact. The musical score will be an equal part of this encounter, also functioning as a clarifier, or re-interpreter, of the dance. Bepler will work with the performers to find a sound palette that they can control, and deliver live, in conjunction with himself. The basis for all recorded and manipulated material will be the dramaturgical sessions. Primary instrumentation will be voice and a string quartet, as well as a reduced palette of acoustic string instruments and an accumulated library of max patches developed especially to elucidate the "dramaturgical" element of the score.