Erin Spong's "Consonance"

Words: Lily Krass Ritter

Skiing is filled with contrast—fast and powerful turns, slow, thoughtful movements. In “Consonance,” Erin Spong seeks a balance.

“Harmony or agreement among components,” is the official definition of “consonance,” which the Pocatello, ID-based skier explores in this five-minute film. Blending two worlds, Spong dances between deep pow turns and slow breathwork, embracing the contrast of fast and slow in a few dreamy and abstract moments of skiing.

A film by: Sara Beam Robbins and Iz La Motte

Featuring: Erin Spong

Supported by: Nordica and Mountain Hardwear

Filmed in the Portneuf Mountains of southeast Idaho, the historical land of the Shoshone-Bannock tribes.