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Recovery December 3, 2014 practice

Absence may hover over this piece, but it is coupled with the ever-present hum of life. At the end, we are guided up to where we began, but we are

memory and the future November 23, 2014 blog We might worry about what it means for justice if an eyewitness can be so easily swayed by a leading question. But there’s a good reason for the

excellent sheep November 4, 2014 blog In Excellent Sheep1, American author and literary critic William Deresiewicz explores what is happening to young people before, during and after

Collaboration, Violence and Difference October 31, 2014 practice

We are Colin Poole (UK) and Simon Ellis (NZ) - two dance artists who collaborate as Colin, Simon & I. In this chapter we reflect on the nature of

where the heart beats October 26, 2014 blog This is a blog post for the Melbourne-based architectural photographer John Gollings. I recently finished Kay Larson’s book called Where the Heart

recovery melbourne October 24, 2014 blog In 2008 a dance project called Recovery was started by Melbourne-based artists Natalie Cursio and Shannon Bott as a very direct response to the

colin simon and i silence October 19, 2014 blog Colin Poole and I are presenting some ideas as part of Of Two Minds at Lilian Baylis on Thursday 30 October, 2pm to 6pm. This is a

dance is a messy business September 28, 2014 blog The first and only time I met Meg Stuart was at a workshop in New York City in November 2001. I was floored by the clarity of her thinking and

the para-academic September 23, 2014 blog Yesterday I had the great pleasure of being back working with students in the classroom-studio at Roehampton Dance. Their questions were fantastic,

Pause. Listen. September 17, 2014 practice

is a dance by Chisato Ohno (dancer), Simon Ellis (choreographer), and Jackie Shemesh (designer). It is designed to adapt and change

knowing and not knowing September 4, 2014 blog The other day I happened across a very small notebook that had five pages of handwritten text in it. These were the first notes I jotted down for a

producer type people September 2, 2014 blog Yesterday I heard two different people in two very different contexts say the word(s) producer-type-people. In our planning for Pause. Listen.,

new project and respecting the dancer August 31, 2014 blog Tomorrow I begin work in the studio for a dance project that will be shown in the Founders’ Studio at The Place in London starting 17 September. It

performances August 25, 2014 blog Early in 2010 the University of Roehampton’s Department of Dance was overhauling its suite of Masters programmes. I was (and am) interested in how

hard to see August 18, 2014 blog Dance is hard to see. It must either be made less fancy or the fact of that intrinsic difficulty must be emphasized to the point that it becomes

all day long August 14, 2014 blog I’m sitting here in tears listening to Sarah Montague interview Ken Robinson. Here’s a bit: SM: Are you really saying that dance is as important as

skellis.net August 11, 2014 blog I’ve been cobbling together bits of HTML and CSS for my own website since 1999 and last year I decided to find someone else to do it. I asked

plasticity and collaboration August 3, 2014 blog I’ve been excited by a couple of things lately about dance and choreography that have come out of both practice and discussions with others. Here

eva recacha July 29, 2014 blog

Tomorrow I head to Bassano del Grappa in the north of Italy for some research for a new(ish) project with choreographer Eva Recacha. We had a first

context and meaning July 24, 2014 blog Here’s David Pledger (again) writing on theconversation.com: Whether economic, philosophical, social or cultural, the context in which an artwork