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Steel Work mixes dance with industrial elements which simulate dance movement and form. This film offers a unique dance for camera work through its application of non-dance elements as dance. At the core of this piece is choreography by Robert Poole which was inspired by principles of industry. Other elements include electronic manipulation of images, a steel mill, steel workers choreographed by Poole, and steel structures in New York.

Music by Philip Glass, David Bowie, Brian Eno.

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Commissioned by Landestheater Linz, Steel Work was originally intended for live performance with Ballet Linz,  and the Bruckner Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. Choreography, Robert Poole /

Music, Philip Glass, David Bowie and Brian Eno.

Cameras were allowed in to Voestalpine to photograph the making of steel. These images were incorporated into the work.

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To Be In America - earlier performance version of Steel Work

2001, DV, color/b&w/silent, 46:00.

Multi-screen theatrical performance with orchestra and ballet

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To Be In America, multi-screen single-channel video with Bruckner Orchestra and Ballet Linz

Landestheater, Linz, Austria, 2001

Theatrical Stage Design by Elliot Caplan