Steven Noyz created a beautiful crankie story about a young boy's treehouse. All seems pretty standard with the boy's lifestyle, except his arms decide to pop off the boy's body and go for an international travel escapade.
All of these elements from the beautifully illustrated story come to life in his performance, with the crankie box designed to connote a treehouse and affixed upon an iron wrought tree, and the arms telling their own story. Steven dressed in black to give the effect that the arms were disconnected from his body. Steven became more and more savvy with his performance as the day progressed, taking in notes on becoming more expressive and choreographic with his hands. I was prodding viewers to read his text, as the storyline was rather important for understanding the piece. There were some enthusiastic narrators. Others were slightly reluctant.
I thought Steven and I made good partners--both of our pieces dealt somehow with the body, albeit in rather different terms. Steven had a strong narrative to describe an absurd and playful physical happening, and I described my body's skeleton with my crankie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmkEuisaa08&feature=related
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