For two decades, Blue Lapis Light has transformed Austin architecture into spectacular stages. Now the aerial dance company is taking audiences to new heights with “Carried by the Winds,” a site-specific production described as a poem in movement.
We Are Austin host Sierra Waggoner sat down with founder and artistic director Sally Jacques and aerialist, dancer, and instructor Amy Myers to explore the inspiration and artistry behind the new production.
Watch the full video above to see Blue Lapis Light in action and hear the complete conversation.
We Are Austin host Sierra Waggoner sat down with founder and artistic director Sally Jacques and aerialist, dancer, and instructor Amy Myers to explore the inspiration and artistry behind the new production.
Turning architecture into a stage
Blue Lapis Light specializes in site-specific aerial dance, incorporating the architecture of each performance location directly into its choreography.
“We dance on buildings,” Jacques said. “We work with the architecture. We collaborate as dancers for the choreography, and the site becomes integrated and integral to the vision of the work.”
For “Carried by the Winds,” Jacques found inspiration in both the challenges facing people today and the idea of what might exist beyond our physical world.
“It’s a dance poem,” Jacques said. “This is the idea of when we’re going into space or into the other dimensions, there’s this fabulous color of light, and then you’re floating through the universe.”
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What does it feel like to fly?
Myers has performed with Blue Lapis Light for approximately 11 years, helping Jacques turn her creative visions into movement.
“We get up there, and we try things, and some things work out, some things don’t,” Myers said. “We just start to piece together the story.”
And once she’s soaring above the ground?
“It’s literally flying. That’s what it feels like up there,” Myers said. “There’s nothing quite like it.”
The performers train in Blue Lapis Light’s studio and on location, with much of the final rehearsal process taking place directly on the performance site.
Look up! Blue Lapis Light takes flight with “Carried by the Winds”
See “Carried by the Winds”
“Carried by the Winds” runs Sept. 17-20 and Sept. 25-28, with performances at 8:30 p.m. and additional 6:30 p.m. Saturday shows.
Visit BlueLapisLight.org for performance locations, tickets, and additional information.
Look up! Blue Lapis Light takes flight with “Carried by the Winds”