Ocean Trilogy is a multidisciplinary performance and educational outreach program inspired by filmed interviews with a wide variety of ocean science experts. Based on an evolving partnership between choreographer Fran Spector Atkins, media artist William Roden, rap artist Baba Brinkman, and scientist Kyra Schlining from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Ocean Trilogy looks at the challenges confronting our ocean and hopeful possibilities from cutting-edge ocean science research. Ocean Trilogy communicates ocean science in a way that reaches people's hearts!
SpectorDance and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have partnered for over a decade to explore ways that dance might communicate the challenges confronting our ocean and how cutting-edge ocean science research might inspire hope and change. In fall of 2020, during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Fran Spector Atkins, artistic director and founder of SpectorDance and William Roden, media artist and filmmaker, created this new socially distanced, film-version of their work, Ocean Trilogy, featuring young dancers (14-16 years old).
Our vision is to bring together youth passion for dance with youth passion for ocean health.
This work aims to "amplify youth voices for climate action".
Along with this 21-minute performance film, we offer filmed science-dance classes exploring the Ocean Trilogy themes with science content and creative movement exploration.
Themes include:
1) Ocean Acidification
2) Plastic
3) Carbon, Food Web and Extinction of Species
4) Climate Change
Hopeful Possibilities
1) Imagination
2) Engineering
3) Bioluminescence
4) Interdisciplinary Partnership
Our vision is to bring together youth passion for dance with youth passion for ocean health.
This work aims to "amplify youth voices for climate action".
Along with this 21-minute performance film, we offer filmed science-dance classes exploring the Ocean Trilogy themes with science content and creative movement exploration.
Themes include:
1) Ocean Acidification
2) Plastic
3) Carbon, Food Web and Extinction of Species
4) Climate Change
Hopeful Possibilities
1) Imagination
2) Engineering
3) Bioluminescence
4) Interdisciplinary Partnership
Join us! Catch the wave!
For more information about this work for virtual performances, classrooms,
or commissions
contact Fran Spector Atkins
831-601-8510
franspector5@gmail.com
For more information about this work for virtual performances, classrooms,
or commissions
contact Fran Spector Atkins
831-601-8510
franspector5@gmail.com
2018 Ocean Trilogy
Trifold Brochure
Ocean Trilogy Performances in 2019/2020
- Alvin Ailey Studio in NYC (APAP Showcase Jan 2019)
- Stanford University on April 13
- Sunset Center in Carmel on April 25
- 5th Annual Creativity at the Core Summer Institute on July 11
- Summer Reading Program - Monterey County Free Libraries on July 12
- New York Botanical Gardens as part of New York Climate Week on September 28
- 90th Anniversary Celebration at Monterey County Free Libraries on February 15, 2020
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"The show was wonderful, Fran! I’ve never seen anything like it. What a fresh, moving interpretation of the existential threat that our GHG emissions present – to our ocean and to ourselves. The dancers were both powerful and fragile, as we all are. Baba voiced some hard truths that I struggle with as a science communicator. The video and audio clips were clearly the result of patient, painstaking, thoughtful edits. It was breathtaking to experience these expert insights in juxtaposition with live movement. Tears came to my eyes several times, yet, I left motivated to push forward for collective action."
Kera Abrahma Panni Monterey Bay Aquarium Science Communications "Thank you again for a great performance tonight. Ocean Trilogy has grown so much. I liked it before, but now I love it. The dancers are spectacular, the video montages are stunning, the addition of rap between dances is entertaining and thought provoking, and the ending is uplifting." Dr. George I. Matsumoto Senior Education and Research Specialist Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute "Ocean Trilogy is a masterpiece in the making." Mary Ann Leffel "Ocean Trilogy helps people connect profoundly with ocean issues more than we might just through our mind's ability to process information and connect dots. The impact goes deeper when our body or emotions become engaged, too. Jane Parker Ocean Trilogy helps people connect profoundly with ocean issues more than we might just through our mind's ability to process information and connect dots. The impact goes deeper when our body or emotions become engaged, too. " Jane Parker |
Ocean Trilogy performance at the Monterey Bay Aquarium 2016 / Filmed By Kyra Schlining
Past Performances
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