Following a sold out weekend at BodyVox, Ebb and Flow was selected as one of the top events of 2014. A roaring kickoff to the Second Dance Season. Reviewer Bob Hicks wrote: "Tracy Durbin (choreographer) and Janet McIntyre's Ebb & Flow was the heavyweight of the evening..one big, ambitious work that lowered the emotional boom, demanding that the night be taken seriously and poetically." Featuring Eown Emerald Barrett, Anna Hooper, Alexandra Maricich, Franco Nieto, Claire Olberding, Rachel Slater and Emily Zarov. Director of Photography: Marcus Swanson. Technical Director: James Mapes. Made possible in part with support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council. 52 pickup: reshuffling the 2014 deck | Oregon ArtsWatch
A fusion of dance, music, speech and film, Ebb and Flow mingles a sense of downing with a sense of dreaming. It was perhaps the most creatively ambitious and satisfying project I've ever done - definitely the most personal. Not to mention that I lost 2 pounds in the course of shooting, since I had to tread water for 8 hours straight. Reviewed in Oregon ArtsWatch.
Technical details: We shot the underwater footage on the 5Dmk3 w/ an AquaTech housing, 60 fps RAW at 1920 using Magic Lantern. At that frame rate and at 1920 x 672, the camera could only roll 4 seconds continuous with a downtown of one second before it could roll again. It meant that the dancers, director, DP and crew had to be on the same page at all times. Chris Hackett of Swanson Studio was the genius behind sorting out the on-set and post-production tech details.
