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Berg Jones & Sarvis
are known for wry and unpredictable pieces marked by multiple meanings
and striking spatial clarity. Concerts may comprise trios, pieces with
current collaborators, or Glacial Drift with Alan
Bray and Chris Moore. Except for site-specific
works or workshop performances, the trio performs on proscenium stages
or fully converted loft-type spaces; They have performed at venues such
as Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, University of California at Riverside,
100 Grand Street (New York), Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Maine),
and Bennington, Bates, and Bowdoin Colleges. For technical requirements
write or email us at bjs@maine.rr.com.
Museum
Pieces
Using exhibits, existing architecture, and social context, Berg, Jones
& Sarvis create commissioned works and lead performance workshops in museums
and galleries. They have directed projects from one-day workshops to two-week
residencies at:
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Fogg Museum (Harvard)
Rose Art Museum (Brandeis University)
Portland Museum of Art
Walker Art Museum (Bowdoin College)
Baxter Gallery (Portland School of Art).
Glacial Drift
Glacial Drift is a collaborative performance piece created by painter
Alan Bray, musician Chris Moore, and dancers Berg, Jones & Sarvis. Developed
in residencies at the grange hall in East Sangerville Maine, Glacial Drift
moves through the seasons of a year in Maine with quirky digressions into
the stories of these five artists and the beauty, adversity, and humor
of their lives in Maine. The work is inspired by the real and imagined
landscapes of Alan Bray as embodied in his lyrical and playful set pieces.
The action is propelled by Chris Moore's richly colored score, including
virtuoso mandolin picking, found sound, multi-track recordings, and a
lament played on the parlor organ. At once personal and mythic, Glacial
Drift informs our sense of place, and prompts reflection on our own experiences
at the juncture of human activity and the natural landscape.
"They swoop, they
glide, they sail and brave the elements...seldom has the soul of a region
been so humorously, yet lovingly, depicted in dance."
Portland Press Herald

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