Process

From the beginning, we wanted to perform a shadow dance because we were able to utilize projectors in this performance, and performing a dance utilizing shadows seemed mysterious and appealing. We at first wanted to use the themes of Alice in Wonderland, because they are known to be trippy and confusing, but also have many subliminal messages that we could explore. We considered creating a shadow performance to the song “In a World of My Own” and wanted to use the lyrics in the performance. In fact, we planned on having two people perform in front of the projector and the third person add to the performance indirectly. The third person would not be seen in front of the projector, but simply make small hand gestures closer to the projector to take advantage of the fact that changing the distance from the projector can change the size of the shadow projected. However, this was not a dance as we had wanted originally, so we decided to change our approach and instead decided to do an actual dance instead.