The Gauntlet

A Documentary

role:: directed, shot & 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

The Gauntlet is an immersive, site specific choral and movement piece by composer Sxip Shirey and choreographer Coco Karol.

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

The Gauntlet: Sydney Opera House

Antidote Festival, 2018
role:: directed, shot & edited
Composed and directed by:: Sxip Shirey
Choreography and movement interviews by:: Coco Karol
Performed by:: the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Dancers:: Coco Karol, Cloe Fournier, Imogen Cranna
Curated by:: Olivia Ansell & Edwina Throsby
Produced by:: Olivia Ansell & Nick Beech
Interviewees:: local Sydney artists, activists, politicians, and change-makers