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Choreographer/dance maker Minna Harri interviews fellow Finnish citizen and master artist Alpo Aaltoskis
on May 15th, 2013 in Article, Community Partner Program, Dramaturgy, Interview, Mapping by admin | No CommentsHere are some of the discussions we had, translated from Finnish. (I take responsibility for any errors in translation.) M: I looked at the “Deep” trailer online and paid attention to the difference between the live dance and the video. The video is much older, made in the 90s as…
Continue reading...Without the Surrender You are Just a Robot – Abby Crain interviews Jeremy Wade
on January 21st, 2013 in Article, Arts Building Consortia at Kunstoff, Blog Salon, Dramaturgy, Dramaturgy In Dance, Interview, Mapping, Special Presentation, VASE Program, WORKSHOP by admin | 1 CommentJeremy Wade is coming to the Bay Area to present his piece FOUNTAIN at CounterPULSE on January 25th and 26th, 2013, followed by a weeklong [VASE] offering by The New Arts Building Consortium at Kunst-Stoff Arts titled Articulating Disorientation – A Workshop (Improvisation/Exploration) from January 28th – February 1st. (For more info see…
Continue reading...Archive as Performance – Julie Potter Interview with Bebe Miller Company Dramaturg Talvin Wilks
on January 14th, 2013 in Article, Blogroll, Interview, Mapping, Slider, Slides, Special Presentation by admin | 1 CommentEarlier this month writer, dance maker, curator Julie Potter and Talvin Wilks, dramaturge for Bebbe Miller Company discussed his role as a collaborative dramaturg in a process which employed historical thinking to generate a dance. Here in the interview. JP: Bebe Miller mentioned that A History emerged from your conversations…
Continue reading...Blog Salon #3 – Malfunctions and Degenerations: an interview with Sarlar. By Praba Pilar.
on December 5th, 2012 in Article, Blog Salon, Blogroll, Mapping by admin | 2 CommentsPilar: Thank you for taking the time off from touring The Cyborg Soap Opera for this interview. I am often asked about your genesis. How did you come to be? Sarlar: What a question! You created me! I should be asking you, why on earth did you feel I,…
Continue reading...SF choreographer Jesse Hewit interviews Headlands Center for the Arts resident alumni Melinda Ring about Mouse Auditions.
on October 19th, 2012 in Article, Community Partner Program, Dramaturgy, Interview by admin | 2 CommentsAbout Melinda Ring. Melinda’s work is informed as much by the concerns of experimental film, visual art, and theater, as developments in new dance. She is more interested in questioning why and how to make dances than resolving the answer, she’s produced works with titles like Impossible Dance, Hmmm……
Continue reading...On Structure, Process and Toolbelts, from a playwright, a director and a Lead. By Jorge deHoyos.
on May 30th, 2012 in Article, Blogroll, Dramaturgy, Interview, Theater by admin | No CommentsAs part of THEOFFCENTER Dramaturgical Conversation Series, TOC’s [**]! SPACE Coordinator and local dance theatre maker Jorge deHoyos sat down with Playwright Daniel Tabott, Director Andrew Nance and Lead actor Evan Johnson to talk about structure, process and other considerations of staging SLIPPING. This interview happened right at the start of preview week. Sunday…
Continue reading...Protected: Kronos Quartet on Women’s Voices
on May 21st, 2012 in Uncategorized by admin | Enter your password to view comments.Protected: Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ on war, community, bridges and roots
on May 18th, 2012 in Uncategorized by admin | Enter your password to view comments.At The Service of Ambiguity, A Fragile Body – An interview with EIKO and KOMA.
on March 20th, 2012 in Community Partner Program, Interview, Special Presentation by Ernesto | No CommentsAbout Eiko & Koma: Since 1972, Japanese-born choreographer/dancers Eiko & Koma have created a unique and riveting theater of movement out of stillness, shape, light and sound. Eiko & Koma dance about what matters to them. Thier subjects are elemental; their message pitiless yet humanistic. Both their choreography and stagecraft…
Continue reading...Panic. Friendship. Celebration. by Mica Sigourney
on February 17th, 2012 in Benefit, Blog Salon, Mapping, Special Presentation by Ernesto | 3 CommentsI am sort of tired of trying to define queer, and then also struggle with the ideas of economy, as the global one topples towards failure and the national one is tenuous. I’ve been living below poverty line (chosen lifestyle) for a few years. About 3 years ago when I…
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