Performance strategies for more-than-human audiences
I. humiliation Move continuously to humiliate yourself. This can be done as a solo, duo, or group practice. Consider the […]
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the theatre that I do not wish to imagine but wish to have
The theatre that must exist is ugly and unsatisfying, much of the time. It is defined by failed efforts and a bizarre-bordering-on-pathological determination to return to the scene of the crime (in this scenario, artists are the criminals; art is the bullet; guess who the victims are?).
performance score built with undated performance notes
sharing rhythm creates a political question about who determines rhythm and when trio in unison, with the possibility of becoming either backup dancers or soloists open-ended and absurdist and nonsensical shame as part of gaze
The Age of Duse
Duse’s superpower: her capacity to disappear, leaving only her plaster hands as evidence that she was a material presence in the world. Disappearance. Reproduction. She knew the theatrical drill.
Couchscore
Couchscore works with and through distance to make a choreography possible even when the performers – and the audience – are not in the same physical place.
Shelter
When you leave you leave the windows open and the doors and because the house sits by the sea by first light a film of sand gilds the floorboards and the kitchen chairs
Reassembly
It starts when clearance is given. The house is opened. People begin to drift in.
La espectadora y el deseo / The Spectator and Desire
ENTRAN MILES DE MARIPOSAS BLANCAS Y LO CUBREN TODO.DURANTE UNOS MINUTOS, SÓLO SE ESCUCHA EL BATIR DE LAS ALAS.(The Day […]
From Here to There
Actors do their best to blend in to the faceless glass city. They get desk jobs, they settle down, they raise families. None of it is real.
The Sacred Something
This landscape offers things up to you – and your body takes its place among them. Rest for a moment. You do not need to make anything appear; so much is already here, and you are not even close to being in control.