The Gauntlet:
Sydney Opera House
Documentary film
The Gauntlet is an immersive, site specific choral and movement piece by composer Sxip Shirey and choreographer Coco Karol. I’ve been documenting it since it began in June 2016.
Directed • Captured • Edited
Composed and directed by:: Sxip Shirey
Choreography and movement interviews by:: Coco Karol
Commissioned by:: Sydney Opera House
Produced by:: Olivia Ansell & Nick Beech
Through a series of workshops, Sxip and Coco work with choirs and wider community members to develop gestures, and generate the text for The Gauntlet. Workshops include “movement interviews”, which are inquiries into each participant’s phenomenological experience of “home” and belonging, and can be tailored to wider social and curatorial themes.
Past Gauntlets
the gauntlet: rockefeller center
responsibilities:: directed, shot & edited
sxip shirey - composer & music director
coco karol - choreographer
nilusha dassenaike - assistant music director
raquel acevedo klein - assistant music director
nathan repasz – assistant music director
holly hunter - producer & director of national sawdust projects and community engagement
lorna simpson - producer & director of programming and events, rockefeller center
featuring singers and choirs from across all five boroughs of new york city, including:
c4 – the choral composer/conductor collective
choral chameleon
downtown voices
inspire
moving star ensemble
new york city master chorale
r.evolución latina
the o’s ensemble
wintersweet ensemble
young new yorkers chorus
dancers:
miguel angel guzmán
remi harris
wanda gala
effy grey
natalie deryn johnson
jeremy jae neal
The Gauntlet: Choral Chameleon
role:: directed, shot & edited
music:: sxip shirey and choral chameleon
