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The World Upside Down 

Photographer: Michael Moran 

Architect/Designer: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Client: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Shoot Date: 
January 01, 1990 
Tod WIlliams Billie Tsien Architects provided costume and set design for this project, in collaboration with choreographer Elisa Monte, composer Glenn Branca, and lighting designer Craig Miller. We designed both the set and the costumes for a performance titled “The World Upside Down,” presented in Amsterdam and New York City.
The set is a large folding screen, which is supported by a lightweight aluminum structure. The screen is mounted on casters and was manipulated by the dancers. At one point in the performance it cantilevered over the edge of the stage, hanging above the heads of the audience. This screen can be both opaque and translucent to accept or transmit shadows: when moving on stage, the screen becomes another dancer and a surface to project color or dancing.
For the costumes, we created simple, black two-piece garments that can be worn in various combinations. The white surface inside was printed with an ink that glowed in the dark. During performances, dancers would turn their costumes inside-out and become ghostly glowing figures. 
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