Ali, Mom, NYC Few months back, I was part of a symposium at NYU/Tisch on ensemble improvisation called Form in Question. Before arriving, K.J. Holmes invited me to be part of a group that would perform during her session and I ended up part of a sextet with Jennifer Monson, Linda Austin and musicians Kris Apple, Robert… Continue reading questions are a gift
Time. I hear the body alone working; it is a shovel breaking ice, snow. Shoveling sidewalk as I sit and type. and then it is the sides of me. There is a width around I feel. Simplify. Clarify. the beat of heart. the swing of shovel. the light of day that fades all the time. things… Continue reading init
In the back of a studio windowed in walls of sunset skies, parallel moments of human experience intersect my presence. It is a healing exchange. I’ll focus on observation of a pedagogical method and what I can translate into words of new physical sensation, rather than unpacking the emotional and spiritual effects of this day's practice,… Continue reading Form: a Practice
Turn off and write. Are you there? yes you ask everyitme and i am always. have you ever heard me ssay no? when you ask? no do you say no to asking? yes. and to typos... funny. now. listen and we'll type. slow down and see only what you see. this question of self and what… Continue reading What is ‘self ‘ ?
What makes us think we do not share thoughts and ideas the way that we share air, gravity, energy from the sun? These things are from a source that is not us. We do not manifest them from our being. They a part of our experience and allow us to change in understanding. So what makes… Continue reading Note to self: that’s not your idea
a new dance. maybe it's called 'matches' justin fitch, jess gore, ray elder, ella hackworth, sheneese thompson, and orion and aries gore. sound by cast and ammanuel tekeste. i film in the middle if this dance. i leave the typo if here instead of of because i recently received a deep text that had… Continue reading MAtches
photo by cole during 'the theater is a blank page' a collaboration by Ann Hamilton and Ann Bogart with SITI Company at The Wexner Center for the Arts. ... Your foot in my mouth, or mine in yours? I had the pleasure of interviewing Claire Porter on April 3, 2015 for coursework with Dr. Candace… Continue reading Much, much more than words.
"Settle in. How do you feel right now? I feel like my legs are supporting me sitting. I feel like I remember perfection from moment of creation. Those cells are in me. They are swimming. They are multiplying. I am streaming. I will die someday. Maybe at the end of this 90 minutes, or… Continue reading pinkamber quiet
"Have you done a treetop one yet?" prompt by Justin. photo by cole. Finding moments. Searching for constancy. And all the Time finding moments. One does not stand upon time. Here I'd love to draw that little loop he motioned. It would begin at 3oclock and move counterclockwise the size of a fist. Thicker as… Continue reading all the Time finding moments
photo: nico by tawa for his "digression: beauty" I look through the lens of my own constructs to see you through the lens of yours. Like two projectors aimed facing one another. I illuminate you by the light of my individual story. You can imagine, as we shine our Sight on one another the images combine to create a relationship - each combination unique. Which… Continue reading If, Then… fun w Constructs
audience moving with cole, photo by Noah Rogers at the Garden Theater's Green Room 2013 They step in time but not for long. She has a red scarf and he, red shoes - they cross each other in my view on the left she on her phone heading E and he with a bookbag heading… Continue reading 1 little visual story
1, 2, many ONe, to many 1 too Many : a new work appearing at Feverhead's 'Love, Magic' Friday the 13th, February 2015. created as part of NACHMO - National Choreography Month, co-founded by cohort Anna. I have no idea what '1, to Many' is. Now a floating signifier, it can take any form or… Continue reading in process
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