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This post marks the beginning of two improvised based activities ‘hosted’ by Kirstie Simson in the summer of 08. The first is a week of improvising at Canal Danse in Paris from June 15-22. The second is a collection of performers working together in Syros Greece from June 29 to July 6.

In this blog, I am going to try and ‘get at’ what will go on during these times - through notes, video, stills, and sound. Nothing spectacular, just a way of sharing, remembering and maybe even provoking.

It’s probably worth noting that the posts are in reverse order, with the most recent post directly underneath this ‘announcement’.

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recovery. i can’t really keep up with writing about this work. am overwhelmed by it really. We did a lot of body work. a lot of body work. Kostas led some superb material/tactile strategies that reminded me of just how beautifully resilient the human body is - and how implausible many of the things it is capable of doing are. I can’t describe it now. It’s too hot, and I need to get back to the studio. Will try again later. Oh - we did Kirstie’s “watching duet” score - I’ll describe in detail soon. Need water. Need coolness.

Actually - I described the watching duet score previously.

images from dance with Christian, camera and me.

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Kostas mentioned that in Greek there are two words - “forma”, and “morphi” (think I have spelling right) - morphi referes to shape, and it is, perhaps, a part of form. He wondered if improv is more a ‘way’ than a ‘form’. Chun-Chen said that “the form is Tao” - “you cannot name it”. And that is a good note to finish … but questions of the metaphysical in this work are inevitable. I like this a lot - this space between the fluidity (and reality) of the moving body, and the complexity of the relationships that evolve that are too difficult to name. To describe.