Today we return to our discussion with Louise Potiki-Bryant, a dancer, choreographer and video artist who was KDT’s first ever Choreographic Intern. She also happens to be of Maori descent and lives on a beautiful beach outside of Auckland called Piha…
You are an independent filmmaker/video artist. Do you find that these two art practices complement each other or that you’re using totally different skills?
They do complement each other in that the way I compose shots in my video art is very similar to how I compose my choreography. However as art forms they have a very different use of the body. When I’m working on my video work, I spend long hours…sitting at a computer…. I need to remember to look after my body through things like yoga…more and more I am aiming to find a process which is more integrated so that I can have a dance, video and art practice which all come from the same place. I want to use my body’s experiences as dancer and as a performer to inspire my art and video and vice versa. I have found some interesting ideas and ways into this approach during this internship, but I am still working on and developing this methodology. It’s an exciting process for me.
