On Saturday, May 17, Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery presented Currents of Motion: Sound, Movement & Collective Response. Divided into two sets, the first set featured a musical performance by Drum Major Instinct, an experimental music duo from Asheville, North Carolina, and Katherine Young, an Atlanta-based improvisational bassoonist. 

The second set featured a dance performance that was organized by Core Dance Artistic Director Sue Schroeder and performed by dancers Alejandro Abarca, Juana Farfan, Jimmy Joyner, Sammy Spriggs, Lori C. Teague and Schroeder herself. The experimental performance was billed as an embodiment of Core Dance’s mission to create art that “illuminates and connects” through improvisational dance and music. 

Enjoy these photos of the evening’s performance by photographer John Ramspott.

Drum Major Instinct, left and center, and bassoonist Katherine Young, right, provided the musical accompaniment of the dance.

Dancers Lori C. Teague, left, and Sammy Spriggs, right, perform alongside choreographer Sue Schroeder, middle.

Alejandro Abarca reaches forward, shadowed by Lori C. Teague.

Local bassoonist Katherine Young played during both sets of the performance.

Sammy Spriggs of DanceATL improvises movement to the music.

Jimmy Joyner, left, inverts himself during the performance, while Alejandro Abarca and Lori C. Teague connect, right.

Curt Cloninger of Drum Major Instinct adjusts his modular synthesizer during the performance.

Juana Farfan, top, interacts with the movements of Sammy Spriggs during the performance.