September 29, 2007

Starting Again

For the last year I've been working on My ocean is never blue - a 3-year project exploring our mythological, personal, ecological and political relationships to water. Also for the last year I've been writing a blog about the creation and performance process of this work, as well as posting video of rehearsals and performances to YouTube. As I start this second year of the project I'm moving my blog here to be a part of the Great Dance community, and I'm going to be moving most of my video posting to blip.tv. With the move to GD I will be opening up the content of my blog - now titled "act/re/act" - to include posts beyond just My ocean is never blue, though this will stay the main focus. The move to blip.tv will hopefully give me better quality videos to share.

At the same time I will be beginning again to dive into the research mode of creating work. Last year our research culminated in our performance at Dance Place in April. This year I have 3 new dancers, in addition to 4 returning, and lots of new topics to dig into. Last year we focused quite abit on larger political and ecological issues with the work, this year we'll be taking some time to examine more personal and spiritual aspects - including baptism and the Japanese Tea Ceremony, among others. I am excited to get back into the studio and start working.

Everything new starts this week, as we begin again. Digging in and seeing what reveals itself.

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