Mary Kouyoumdjian
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FIXED MEDIA

DARLING (2019)
Commissioned by / Helen Simoneau Danse, created in close collaboration with violinist Austin Wulliman
sampled voice and violin in fixed media audio playback/ 30'

DARLING is a piece for dance that explores vulnerability and intimacy through the presence and absence of touch. The work also intends the audience to question their assumptions about the relationships between strength, power, gender and size. The score was created in close collaboration with violinist Austin Wulliman through sampling recordings of guided improvisation sessions.

Red on Red (2017)
Written for / Jordan Morley, choreographed by Jordan Morley
fixed media, dance / 10'

2 Suitcases (2010)
Commission / The Los Angeles New Music Ensemble
fixed media version (also available with violin, cello, bass clarinet, piano, audio playback) / 9'

Dedicated to my parents, with words spoken in Arabic, Armenian, and English 2 Suitcases is in dedication to my parents' immigration story, as they settled in San Francisco from the Lebanese Civil War with only their 1 year old son and two suitcases.
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