It's been a blissful and busy swirl of many things. After the dance conference in July I had one week of intensive rehearsal with my trio dancers. It was a time of trying new things and opening ourselves up to new ways of translating ideas, thoughts, feelings, presence and sensation through the body...the bag of intangibles. We also started work on a new opening phrase and developed some new material drawing on bodyweather techniques I had studied from an Australian dancer/choreographer who had trained in Japan and done a performance workshop with us in India. There are so many different techniques in dance and performance training methods too, I look forward to new opportunities to learn more.
My summer has been interesting in that my release of creativity has been primarily occupied in house decorating...the transformation is wonderous and soothing to my spirit. Creative adventures do need a cozy nest, for inspiration to be warmed and birthed in, and yes during peak time production, I need a sanctuary of rest...so it seems to be preparation for the time to come. I have a new composer working with me now and a new dancer for the group piece(that I haven't as yet met). Yes, that is life, I dont complain about change anymore, I accept it and move on. My composer Kuan-Ying is enthusiastic to work alongside me, all the dances should be ready by 11/1 or at least that's my deadline. The committee showing happens a month later, and final show two months after. My lighting designer is scarce...communication can sometimes be so hard when you are the only one talking. Again, I just take it all one day at a time. I believe this production will be successful, even if it does require a hundred miracles.
