This is an electronic score to accompany dance by choreographer/video artist Ashley A. Friend. The score is played back through Max/MSP so that it can move from section to section with the dancers in real time. The dance was created as a way for Ashley to deal with her own experiences with epilepsy. Visually she draws inspiration from many sources, including many classic horror movie motifs. The sounds and music used in the score are taken from a variety of sources, cut apart, mutated, and carefully sewn together à la Frankenstein’s monster

from the program notes:
This piece sets the foundation for the motivations of Friend's study into a new movement vocabulary called the "scary body". The "scary body" is initiated when impediments or prosthetic props are attached to the dancers' bodies and they are given choreography and are required to compromise the movement accordingly....Triage was also influenced by early horror films such as Frankenstein, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Triage: Part 1 is enmeshed with content and teeming with interpretations as the viewer can absorb, surrender, or struggle with the dancers as the composition unfolds. – Ashley A. Friend

credits:
Choreography: Ashley A. Friend
Dancers: Rachel Boggia, Emily Lawrence, Kathryn Padberg, Maggie Page, Erin Tisdale, Boris Willis
Enablers (crew): Jaclyn Thompson, Karen Wissel, Sara Wiseman
Music: David Morneau
Lighting: Shawn Hove
Video Design and Editing: Ashley A. Friend
Costumes: Anna Grywalski, Nadine Spray
Prosthetic Impediments: Elizabeth Ann Francis
Photos: Tiffany Rhynard