Arcane Collective is a contemporary dance production company, producing and presenting work from a

cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-contro ...

of international artists from different backgrounds. It was founded in 2011 by

Morleigh Steinberg Morleigh Steinberg is an American choreographer and dancer with the production company Arcane Collective. She is married to the musician the Edge from the rock group U2. Raised in Los Angeles and schooled in modern dance, Steinberg became ...

, a dancer and choreographer and Oguri, a dancer and choreographer from Japan. Their performance ''Cold Dream Colour'' was presented in 2012, as a homage to the important Irish artist

Louis le Brocquy __NOTOC__ Louis le Brocquy ''HRHA'' (; 10 November 1916 – 25 April 2012) was an Irish painter born in Dublin to Albert and Sybil le Brocquy. His work received many accolades in a career that spanned some seventy years of creative practice. ...

, the performance being inspired by his paintings. Morleigh explained "He so often pays homage to different painters, and I thought, for his birthday we could pay homage to him." The music was composed by

Paul Chavez Paul Chavez (born 1 July 1964) is an American composer of dance music, and a sound designer for installation and theater. He often composes under the project name FeltLike. Chavez has worked in the Los Angeles, California area since 1990 where h ...

and performed by U2's

The Edge David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp. 21, 23–24 is an English-born Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing voca ...

with choreography by Liz Roche Steinberg, the artistic director of the piece staged a solo dance as well as a duet with her sister Roxanne, wife of Oguri. Excerpts from ''Cold Dream Colour'' were performed at the

Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Museums in this group include: Locations Americas * The Solomon R. Guggenhei ...

Works & Process Works & Process at the Guggenheim is a performing-arts series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Works & Process informs artistic creation through conversation and performance, and is presented in the Guggenheim’s Frank Lloyd W ...

series in New York in 2013 and Irish broadcaster John Kelly moderated a discussion of the work with its creators. Collaborating dancers include Cat Westwood, Boaz Barkan, Sherwood Chen, Joyce Lu and Dani Lunn and costume design by Mariad Whisker.

Personnel

Dancers

*Roxanne Steinberg *Cat Westwood *Boaz Barkan *Sherwood Chen *Dani Lunn *Joyce Lu *Morleigh Steinberg

Choreographer

*Morleigh Steinberg *Oguri

Musicians

Artists

*Louis Le Brocquy *Hirrokazu Kosaka * Moses Hacmon

Costume designer

*Mariad Whisker

References

External links

Arcane Collective website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arcane Collective Contemporary dance Performing groups established in the 2000s