Ramping in to the second weekend, rehearsed yesterday and also did an improv performance with John, Anna, Alia, Kaveh, Peggy, jeff and Mark. It was a blast, what a joy to improv with my son. It was also powerful artistically as a way to shift the space, experience it in a new way. Hopefully that will lead to more spacious performance this weekend, a deeper awareness of potentials and a trust in the validity of our process regardless of how challenging it feels.
Regarding our rehearsal yesterday, which was all talking, it felt important to me, and in line with my desire to find a method for instigating conscious change. As our experiment continues to shed light on our aims, where they are being met and where they go slightly awry, we need agreed upon criterion to move forward with the new information. For me the idea of creating a whole has become paramount, perhaps streamlining the show, honing it towards its core tenets, images and movements. Having a defining vision so that we are not continually reacting to the emotions of our performances and coming up with stop gap measures to shift them, maintaining respect and compassion for our four seperate experiences of the piece while striving to forge them into one overarching exsperience for our myriad of guests.
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I too was moved by the improv performance that happened in "our" space this past Wednesday. I've spent so much time there as a performer/host, it was nice to just sit and watch 8 wonderfully intuitive improvisers load the space with their presence. Again, I am reminded about the importance of witnessing, not doing, simply watching.
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