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data July 22, 2019 blog I happened across this image the other day at changeabilitysolutions.com: Given just how overwhelming it is to understand how data is changing and

shona July 11, 2019 blog

On 18 June this year the remarkable dancer, teacher and choreographer Shona Dunlop MacTavish died in her hometown of Dunedin in New Zealand. She was

history June 9, 2019 blog History as “… a thin thread stretching over an ocean of the forgotten.” – Milan Kundera, The Joke (cited in Waltzing in the Dark by Brenda Dixon

the dirt May 27, 2019 blog Look for the dirt behind the shine. – Naomi Klein’s grandfather (in the acknowledgements to No Logo)

overton window May 12, 2019 blog I was reading something recently (but can’t for the life of me track down the original source) about politics and policy and read of The Overton

maximum irony and losing your data April 28, 2019 blog As Jamie Zawinski has remarked, when it comes to losing your data “The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don’t push it.” – Kieran Healy, The

ahmed and recognising systems April 14, 2019 blog Sara Ahmed is a remarkable writer. She writes in loops and tangles of words in which the words start to behave (or mean things) differently. It’s

viola sunrise March 30, 2019 blog

In late 2006 early 2007 I had a chunk of Australia Council funding to research and develop a new performance installation called Crevice. The

full responsibility March 17, 2019 blog Last year I had the pleasure of spending time at the University of Alabama for a short residency with choreographer and filmmaker Rebecca Salzer. We

listening March 3, 2019 blog Tara Brach is a psychotherapist and meditation teacher based in Washington DC. I was listening to a podcast episode of hers last night called The

will not compute February 17, 2019 blog I happened across a poem by Wendell Berry because of a newsletter delivered by Riverford Organic Farmers with our vegetables. The poem is called

at night February 8, 2019 blog And for something different. Some scuba divers at night. Photo by Ian Baker. Taken in the Red Sea, January 2019

Full Responsibility February 8, 2019 practice

Sincerity takes practice A film by Rebecca Salzer and Simon Ellis. Supported by the University of Alabama Arts and Sciences College Academy of

dancehouse February 3, 2019 blog

Dancehouse is a venue in Melbourne, Australia. It began as an artist-led space in 1992 but now is slightly more conventional in how it is organised,

biography January 15, 2019 info

I am an artist working with practices of choreography, filmmaking and dance. I was born in the Wairarapa in Aotearoa New Zealand, but now live in

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mailing list January 15, 2019 info & newsletter Each month I send a brief essay (mostly about dance and choreography) to people on my mailing list. I don’t put these essays anywhere else online.

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Pause. Listen: Visibility and Freedom in Choreographic Practice January 15, 2019 practice

This writing is about the working relationship between a dancer and a choreographer. In it I consider some of the ethical values of making and