PLATFORM

(55 minutes)
Premiere: June 2, 2017
ODC - San Francisco, CA
Available for Touring

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Platform, commissioned by ODC Theater, is a duet choreographed and performed by Liane Burns and Charles Slender-White. Platform is set to and inspired by Holly Herndon’s 2015 album of the same name, and investigates the relationships between people, the digital spaces they occupy, and the attendant homogeneity that arises from their echo-chamber-creating algorithms. Platform received significant support from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Derida Dance Center, Movement Research, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, and CounterPulse.

Versions of Platform have been performed at:

LEVYdance (San Francisco, 2016)
CounterPulse (San Francisco, 2016)
LEVYdance (San Francisco, 2017)
Derida Dance Center (Bulgaria, 2017)
Magacin (Serbia, 2017)
ODC (San Francisco, 2017)
LA Theatre Center (Los Angeles, 2017)
Base Arts Space (Seattle, 2017)
Joe Goode Annex (San Francisco, 2018 & 2019)
Zagreb Dance Center (Croatia, 2018)

Choreography & Performance
Liane Burns & Charles Slender-White

Music
Holly Herndon

Lighting Design
Delayne Medoff & Darl Andrew Packard

Styling
Monique Jenkinson

Costumes
Keriann Egeland

Dramaturge
Cara Rose DeFabio

Creative Advisors
James Fleming & Maurya Kerr

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Images by Robbie Sweeny