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We Don't Own The Rights to Any of this

(2022)

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Photos by Sophia Fung

“We Don’t Own the Rights to Any of This” is a duet mashup of stolen moves and sound bites. Performers + creators + BFFLs Miranda and Noa use sampling, repetition, and embodied reference to exploit the nostalgia and genius of meme culture. 


We wilfully copy content from all corners of the internet to highlight the similarities between dance and memes: two forms where replication and personalization destroy the possibility of ownership. Exploring our personal brand of low stakes dance comedy, our source material ranges from obscure Spiderman memes to the 2010s pop canon. 

CREDITS

PRESENTED BY

  • The Movement Lab at Barnard College (May, 2022)

  • Pageant (May, 2022)

  • WAX Works at Triskelion (June, 2022)

  • The Tank (June, 2022)

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Special thanks to Tricia Toliver and Allie Costa for your technical assistance.
This project was made possible through the production and technical support of The Movement Lab in the Milstein Center of Barnard College
For more information about the presence of Spiderman in this piece, see knowyourmeme and this YouTube video

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All credits are listed in order of appearance


INCOMPLETE* MOVEMENT CREDITS

* This list credits the movements in this piece that we've learned directly from people's bodies via video recording or in-person interactions. The rest of the unoriginal movement (e.g. walking, pointing, slow-dancing) is not as easy to credit. But, you can rest assured that we've never had an original thought in our entire lives. 

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  • Liza Minelli, Handsome Dancer (James Manzello and Matt Pavich), Nattie Trogon and Hollis Bartlett, Ryan Yamauchi, Wesley Ensminger,             Jason Cianciulli, Jodi Melnick, Uma Thurman, Jon Heder, Colleen Thomas, Brad Beakes, Doug Varone, Toy Story 2 Animation team,                      Donna Feore,David Dorfman, Hugh Grant, Francesca Jaynes, Uilalani Marx, John Travolta, Anna Sperber, C.L.E.O. Illusion music video


MUSIC BY

  • Dancing In the Moonlight by King HarvestDancing In the Moonlight (PHB & Jack Sunset Remix Radio Edit) by Jubël and PBH & Jack ft. NEIMYDancing In the Moonlight by L’aupaireDancing In the Moonlight by Liza MinelliGonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) by C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom WilliamsDance To The Music by Sly & The Family StoneLose Yourself to Dance by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell WilliamsDance, Dance, Dance by Steve Miller BandLast Dance by Donna SummerIn the Dark by DevOne Dance by Drake ft. Wizkid & KylaShut Up and Dance by WALK THE MOOND-D-Dance by The Royal ConceptI Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney HoustonJust Dance by Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’DonisDance Again by Jennfier Lopez ft. PitbullDance, Dance by Fall Out BoySame Old Song and Dance by AerosmithI Don’t Dance from High School Musical 2Wow You Can Really Dance by Handsome DancerDance No. 1 by Philip GlassCanned Heat by JamiroquaiJingle Bell Rock by Joe Beal & Jim Boothe, Augustus Gloop by Danny ElfmanYou Can Never Tell by Chuck Berry, Introducing Sheriff Woody! from Toy Story 2, Jump (For My Love) by the Pointer Sisters3 by Britney SpearsIt’s Raining Men by The Weather GirlsHow to Be a Heartbreaker by MARINAI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Jessica SimpsonSpace Oddity - 2015 Remaster by David BowieThe Phantom of the Opera by NightwishYou & I by Ingrid MichaelsonScream & Shout by will.i.am and Britney Spears​​

PRESS

PAGEANT presents: Duet Night

Anna McColley, CultureBot

​"In “We Don’t Own The Rights to Any of This,” the bodies communicate by embodying references to the internet. Their bodies hyperlink to memes and sound bites — reducing the irreducible complexity of feeling into something others can recognize, and understand and respond to."

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