April 30, 2007

More from The Nothing Festival

To follow-up my post "Reflections on 'The Nothing Festival' at DTW," you can read Eva Yaa Asantewaa's "More Ado about A Lot."

In her excellent post, Eva was kind enough to expand upon her thoughts about "States and Resemblance," a work-in-progress created and performed by Dean Moss, Ryutaro Mishima and Restu Kusumaningrum:

States and Resemblance gripped me and had me on the edge of my seat largely because something tangible--a quiet, refined something--emerged from whatever nothing these collaborators took as their starting point. Moss--who sat at one far end of O'Connor's panel and, for some reason, spoke very seldom--said that "We are meaning machines: Put something out and we will make a story of it." As I watched Moss's subtle, slyly casual interaction with Mishima in States and Resemblance, I found myself forming and releasing a round of stories and meanings, happily birthing but not clinging to any, and this experience was brought to me by two artists in exquisite command of their physical and expressive powers. This work welcomed me in and made me a participant in a way that the other three simply did not. I say it again: Seeing this one dance again is all I want to do right now.

I wanted to say hello to Eva at The Nothing Festival but she had to take off right at the end of the panel discussion so I didn't get a chance to introduce myself in person.

Other articles about The Nothing Festival:

- "A Little Something for Nothing: Choreographers start from scratch; no cheating allowed," by Deborah Jowitt in The Village Voice

- "There’s Something Here, Emanating From Nothing," by Jennifer Dunning in The New York Times

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