Nick Cave’s Soundsuits in motion @ the YBCA

Yesterday I got to see a live performance of Nick Cave’s Soundsuits choreographed by Ronald K.Brown. The dance was a blend of African and modern and brought the suits alive. They danced primarily in a gallery adjacent to the room where mannequins and stuffed bears wore some of Cave’s other suits. In the second room, the suits stood still, at attention, a departure from the dancing free spirited suits in the room next door. I tried to get a picture in the other room, but was told “no pictures.” You can see some of Cave’s other work in the video I’ve posted at the end of the post. The dancing suits really lent themselves to movement, while his stationary pieces were really magnificent in their own right.

Unfortunately yesterday was the last live performance with the suits, but the exhibit will be up through July 5th at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and is highly recommended.

Tags: Nick Cave, sound suits