“As a soloist all we have is you. So you’re moving or not moving. It is about the rhythm of how we see.” - Bebe Miller In early January, after being away for a few months, I came home to Columbus for a week. Bebe asked if I wanted to shoot video of her rehearsals… Continue reading Observing BMC.Erin Thompson
On July 10, 2017 I attended "Dancing in the Making Room" an Open Rehearsal and Shared Practice session of the Bebe Miller Company during their residency for a new work which will premiere at Columbus, Ohio's Wexner Center for the Arts on November 30, 2017. Choreography and direction: Bebe Miller; Performers: Michelle Boulé, Sarah Gamblin, Angie… Continue reading Observing BMC .4
ø More conversation has taken us on since then. And right now I think of time as the substance by which action can be perceived. Because Time feels to me like: the carved vessel / the act of its sculpting as well as the volume of space / the vibration therein. Twin Body - Different people form the line of my… Continue reading Bebe and a practice with Meg Stuart scores
transcription of my notes watching an afternoon of the bebe miller company residency at the ohio state university dance department | 6.9.16 "--- "combing for the alignment of things the context of things that’s being built" bebe she gestures an invitation to match (ish). tethers. find them. do it. making choreographic to perform. “the time… Continue reading muddled notes on observing bmc(.4)
in writing on observing the recent residency of Bebe Miller Company it has me revealing how I come to it. observing bmc is familiar. I knew of Bebe when I was a little girl and dancing. she's in the library books. i did my undergrad in dance at Ohio University where she and her nyc company are celebrated. I… Continue reading Observing BMC .3
photo: cole Reset. a thing that was there before which is changed now by what just happened. I call it the People-Buffer, not sure what they call it: There are 3 behind 1. 1 finds blowback into wall of 3. 3 drive 1 across the stage. 1 decides what of them blowsback for bufferwall to access. there are… Continue reading Observing BMC .2
Bebe Miller Company residency at The Ohio State University 6.8.2016 : Morning session Observations (Part I): Today I observed most of the morning session of company rehearsal for a new collaboration called “The Making Room”. Collaborators not present at this residency include Susan Rethorst and Lily Skove; Christal Brown and Lila Hurwitz; Darrell… Continue reading Observing BMC
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