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Open Studio.

Sometime after discovering structure, after I fell in love with "audience design," I lost my connection to moving. Structured experience replaced "dancing."

I love my structured experiences, but I miss dancing. I miss the raw connection to an audience, feeding off of them instead of controlling them, giving them my instinct, opening a window to my investigation of the moving body.

Open Studio is my return to solo work with a focus on the body. I expect it to be a bumpy and uncomfortable return. My body has changed and I'm more cautious with myself, more careful with what I will give to an audience.

This is a personal exploration. Key to its success is to perform in safe space with welcoming audiences --and scary spaces with unwelcoming audiences. It is to perform under any conditions.

My art is fleeting and I am working in celebration of that. Here are the "rules" for my process:

Objective
Reconnect with the unique body performing.

Rehearsal practice
- rehearse weekly or bi-weekly
- do not video/audio/photo document these rehearsals
- warm up with music, practice without it
- never use a mirror
- if you can't get studio time, use your living room
- write for 5-15min sometime during rehearsal (and post the notes here)
- put out seating for 3-5 viewers (using placeholders if no chairs are available)
- open your doors to anyone who wants to watch you rehearse and offer q+a time at the end
- perform as often as possible in as many different environments as possible
- include these notes in programs

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posted by e m p @ 11:06 PM