November 28, 2006

Ashley Searles Audio Interview

During Funny Uncles rehearsals the weekend before Thanksgiving, I interviewed dancer Ashley Searles.

Click this link to listen to audio podcast (MP3 format)

Ashley discusses her involvement in Funny Uncles, the last couple days of rehearsals and her background as a dancer.

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November 1, 2006

Our Approach to Movement Generation and Upcoming Videos

We're about to share videos from recent rehearsals and I wanted to set some context for this whole gallery of clips we'll be posting to our blog. What you are about to see are the beginnings of our exploration, the generative period, in creating enough movement material, thought material and text material to find out what the language is of this piece - the movement vocabulary.

You can listen to following audio podcast to learn more about this generative process and also continue reading below:

Click this link to listen to audio podcast (MP3 format)

So none of the upcoming clips have been crafted more than through improvisations. And some of clips are total experiments to find ways to the next level and are not intended for performance.

Having said that, I love the rare surprise that comes through when you start improvising and you try to capture that again for performance because it is spot on.

To learn more about this process, you can visit the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Toolbox, which is based on our exploration, over 30 year period, of how to generate movement.

As we continue to develop Funny Uncles, we'll start to craft these disparate experiments into a full work. But for now, you're about to see some of these experimentations which I find very interesting and fascinating, which I hope you do too.

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Contribute Your Stories to Funny Uncles

I wanted to talk about why you might be interested in contributing written word, recorded word, images and videos to this blog. There's a real necessity for other voices to be heard in this work that address the themes of this piece that revolve around what is a normal family and who is normal in any family. In upcoming posts, Doug and I will write about the specifics of how you can contribute your stories and movements to this website.

Click this link to listen to audio podcast (MP3 format)

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Audio Introduction from Peter DiMuro, Artistic Director of "Funny Uncles"

I wanted to introduce myself and this "Funny Uncles" project My name is Peter DiMuro and I'm the producing artistic director of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and I'm the artistic director of a new work that the company is creating called "Funny Uncles."

You can click on the following audio link in which I offer background about the origins of Funny Uncles and the themes we will be exploring in our upcoming performances.

Click this link to listen to audio podcast (MP3 format)

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October 26, 2006

Generating Movement Vs. Crafting Movement

Last Friday, the last day of an intensive week of rehearsals for Funny Uncles, I sat down with choreographer Peter DiMuro to discuss his approach to creating movement.

Click this link to listen to audio interview with Peter DiMuro.

I especially enjoyed this interview because Peter delved into the different phases of how he and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange goe about the choreographic process.

During the past week of rehearsals, the primary focus was on working with dancers to generate movement and create the movement vocabulary for this piece. As Peter explains, the initial movements come from the dancers themselves through exercises, experimentation and collaboration. During the next round of rehearsals in November, the focus will be on crafting the actual movement for upcoming performances in December.

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October 22, 2006

Peter DiMuro Discusses First Morning of Rehearsals

During lunch last Monday, I spoke with choreographer Peter DiMuro about the first morning of rehearsals.

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October 16, 2006

Funny Uncles Audio Interview with Peter DiMuro

Before today's afternoon rehearsal for Funny Uncles, Peter DiMuro, producing artistic director for Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, offered an introduction to this production during a five-minute audio interview.

Click this link to listen to this interview with Peter DiMuro.

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