Kathy Rose y Miwa Matreyek: danza animada y representación

[EN] Live performance combined with projected animation is both very new, with advances in projection mapping and motion sensors, and very old, harkening back to pre-cinematic pro-jected séances, magic lantern shows, and to Winsor McCay’s vaudeville performances with his ‘trained’ animated dinosaur, Gertie. Two contemporary artists create and choreograph one-woman performances populated not only with their own bodies, but also with various ani-mated figures, forms, and designs. Kathy Rose began as an animator, and then later performed with her projections. Miwa Matreyek uses her own figure as a silhouette in her performances, and creates remarkable imagery with two pro-jectors and a screen. In their creative work they both project themselves as characters into their animated performances, and reference magic, dream, and mythology in their work and their imagery. They choreograph their movements to synch with their animated images. Both women play a role behind the camera, and in front of the screen, and play with the dual nature of creator/director and subject/performer.