Ceases, Still I See (1992)

Choreographed by Koosil-ja Hwang

Dance by Lisa Mariette Bleyer, Linda Sastradipradja and Koosil-ja Hwang

Music composition by Yuval Gabay

The effects of one culture's dominance over another and the suppression of the individual identity are ingeniusly abstracted in Ceases, still I see, through the use of song, dance and visual elements. Through images and dances that range from the portrayal of a militaristic state, with angular, explosive movements to the simplicity of a woman singing passionately as she slowly scoots across the floor, a culture of inequities emerges. A driving musical score enlivens the display of a blind, communal power dominating individual freedom and expression. The poetic, passionate sound of a singular female voice resonates when later, that voice is lost. The abuse of the voice and the body become symbols for the suppresion of the "culture of the self."