SOMEWHEN BALLET SOLO
‘Somewhen’ is a solo ballet written by Martin Slidel. It was conceived (and given a live reading) in 1995 for a ‘Writing For Performance’ assignment, at the then School of Visual and Performing Arts (Brighton, UK). During this period, Martin also workshopped choreographed ‘games’ for a unit in Modern Dance. ‘Somewhen’ is written for a trio of speaker, dancer, and pianist. This short piece incorporates performance poetry with dance and a live piano score. “I used the term ‘The Ballerina’ because my mental image was a feminine form in traditional costume, relative to the possessive term used in the text (which may be changed). The theme relates to trauma following the loss of a partner, also in traumatic circumstance (not indicated if accidental or deliberate). This is metaphoric with an emotional – and likely actual – experience of uprootedness and homelessness.” “At time of writing, I had considered an audio recording of ‘sounds of the city’ to be faded up and down between acts, althou