Things have been busy in my dance/creative life. Since December I've been collaborating with a new group of dancers in Hamilton and have had the chance to perform several times. Our first show was at the OkFoodFair on James St. North as part of the James North Art Crawl in January. The performance titled, "the externalities", was a 45-minute structured improv which we performed 3 times that evening. The piece was constructed to incorporate various props that would ensure common links between the dancers. We used potatoes, scarves, suitcases, chairs, lamps, bedspreads, LED lights, and coats and hats.
So many more opportunities seem imminent too, which is helping keep this new momentum going. In the near future our group, which is nameless, will be performing an improv this Friday, Feb 13th at the Pearl Company Gallery.
On Friday night I participated in an amazing interactive performance at the Enwave Theatre at Harbourfront. It was called Dance Marathon by bluemouth.inc and what an experience: integrated performers of all kinds, a guest appearance by David Usher, and a five-hour script.
I'm piecing together ideas for a new choreography to be shown later this spring. So far we've used text to initiate movement ideas. Here's the beginning:
I AM AN OPEN BOOK.
TURN TO PAGE TWO.
