Paul J. Botelho, Brice Brown, Douglas Dunn
BODY / SHADOW
2023
Clothbound cigar box case, hardbound book, accordion book insert, CD in sleeve, 132 pages, 132 color images, 8 x 10 inches
Printed in an edition of 500
Music by Paul J. Botelho
Images and text by Brice Brown
Choreography by Douglas Dunn
Visual Media Design by Steve Gibson
Related: The Extended Voice; an/atomy; Dance Takeover; Contours / Vain Combat; Corner
BODY / SHADOW is an experimental opera written by Brice Brown, with music by Paul J. Botelho and choreography by Douglas Dunn. It exists as a limited-edition hard-bound publication; video installation; and live performance.
Paul J. Botelho is an Azorean-American composer and performer. His work includes acoustic and electro-acoustic music, multimedia installation pieces, visual art works, vocal improvisation, and several one-act operas. He performs as a vocalist (countertenor) worldwide primarily through extended vocal techniques. His recent work explores vocal responses to composed and prerecorded sonic environment and includes In Moscow We Marched (Moscow, Russia; 2019-20), Visby Project (Visby, Sweden; 2017-18), and Walmart 3 AM (Lewisburg, PA, USA; 2016). His work has been performed, presented, and exhibited in concerts, festivals, galleries, and museums across the Americas, Europe, Oceania, and Asia. Botelho received a Ph.D. and M.F.A. in Music Composition from Princeton University, an A.M. in Electro-Acoustic Music from Dartmouth College , and a B.F.A. in Contemporary Music Performance and Composition from the College of Santa Fe. Botelho has taught at Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans. He currently teaches music composition at Bucknell University where he is Associate Professor of Music.
Brice Brown is an artist and writer living New York, NY. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and reviewed in the New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Artnews, NPR, and The Village Voice, among others. He has held residencies at Yaddo, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center, and has been a visiting artist/lecturer at Bucknell University, Dartmouth College, Carnegie Mellon University, Williams College, and Drew University. Brown’s work is held in public collections including the Speed Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Swope Art Museum, and Yale University. Brown was a regular art critic for the New York Sun (2006–2009) and for City Arts (2009–2010). Brown founded Milton Art Bank (MAB) (2017-), a museum and publishing house located in a converted bank building, and has launched two arts journals, The Sienese Shredder (2006-2010), and Tether (2015-2018), both with Trevor Winkfield. He received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MFA from Pratt Institute and has studied at the Chautauqua Institute School of Art.
Douglas Dunn has been dancing and making dances for forty-six years. In order to offer a multifaceted theatrical experience, he collaborates with poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, composers and playwrights. He has set pieces for many companies besides his own, including the Paris Opera Ballet, and has composed numerous outdoor and site-specific events. He is renowned as a teacher of Technique and of Open Structures, with a long tenure at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Awards include a Guggenheim, a Bessie, and Chevalier in the Ordres desArts et des Lettres. Douglas produces Salons at his studio in Soho, and is a Board Member Emeritus of Danspace Project. His collected writings, Dancer Out of Sight, are available at Amazon.com. More information can be found at DouglasDunnDance.com.
Steve Gibson is the founder of Creature/Feature Design. He has been creating large-scale art and making monsters and fantasy characters out of paint, clay, latex, silicone and foam for more than 30 years. As a self-taught artist, Steve enjoys sharing his knowledge with anyone wishing to gain a broader approach to their own personal style. In 2016 he founded The Arts Underground in Lewisburg, PA; a unique, collaborative space for local artists. In 2021 he created Art Academy of Milton, which serves the Central PA Valley in all things art, theatre performance, and music. He has taught classes in sculpting, painting, graphite, mural creation, and portraiture. His award-winning video work can be seen in feature films The Feed (2010) and The Lost Within (2017), as well as numerous shorts, music videos and commercial projects. Clients include Transitions of PA, Campus Theatre LTD, Habitat for Humanity, Bucknell University, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, and dozens of retail, online, corporate, government, and independent agencies. Steve is a published writer, cinematographer, producer, director, audio designer, and editor, who also happens to dabble in fine art photography.