May 2012
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Dancing with Jack
“You have to admire how much it takes to perform a piece by yourself about yourself. I’ve seen solos that have failed — memorable only for bad decisions. I have also seen solos that have shifted the way I think about live art; a single gesture has moved me to tears. I have felt a facial expression ripple through my body…”
My response to Jack Ferver’s Two Alike in...
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Acceptable Hair
“Four women rise from the front row of the theater, shrouded in long, dark hair. They make high-pitched ghostlike moans and wails while slithering onto the stage. It’s a chilling beginning, and one that will stay with me for some time…”
My response to luciana achugar’s FEELingpleasuresatisfactioncelebrationholyFORM in The Performance Club. Special thanks to Claudia...
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April 2012
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Nora Chipaumire’s The Last Heifer
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the last heifer (after Nora Chipaumire)
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March 2012
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invisible worlds
what we can’t see
rules us
not unlike
a meowing kitty cat
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On Devotion
“The observation of devotion could finish you…
–Erín Moure, Pillage Laud
The act of going to performances occupies a bit of an obsessive and irrational space in my life. I liken it to ritual tied in with a sense of yearning and loneliness. There are feelings of uncertainty. Thus, when British choreographer, Sarah Michelson says: “People need...
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