the first time ophra walks around the new site...5/14/10
the spot where I had done an improve the week before

Thanks Ophra for posting the rehearsal summery, nice, as well as Friday's action plan description, even though that turned in a different direction for both of us. After rereading all the elements that we intended to utilize during the improvisation, I think that, as a starting point, it contains too many elements. We weren't able to see how it actually felt because we were locked out yet again Even to Friday's plan b location. So that is three locations I have chosen that seem to be a bit unavailable at the moment. What's up? Instead we did individual improvisations. Ophra in her studio with a dress and a video camera. I am curious to see the dress dance of the day for that day... I ended up on a gravel road between the park and the shiny new waterfront towers. For me it was about the colors, dusk and the fact that the ground was actually welcoming. I didn't feel overtaken by the somewhat harsh terrain.

Ophra asked me to read over the notes and see what I thought and was comfortable with or thought was necessary. I don't want to analyze at this point why- but the only thing after reading the 5/5/10 post that sparked a feeling of overexposure or sensitivity was the personal intentions part. I am not saying just yet that we should take that part out just that I felt resistance to seeing that displayed even though it was what I said and holds truth.

5-5-10: Rehearsal Notes

Parameters for Friday's Action:
Meet at the lot on Driggs at 7:30PM.
Whomever arrives first starts the timer to 45 minutes.
Ophra will set up the video camera.
We begin immediately, with no talking.
We begin with walks, and return to them to center.
The walks focus on the sensations of whatever we are walking on.
Costume is white.
3 moments of tableau.
We engage in structural movement work at the same time.
The song Eli gets sung in a corner.
Each one is working with an animal.
Each one comes in with a recent dream in mind.
Today's conversations are at the root of the piece.

Today's Training:
Improvisation to the Flutes du Gasbah
Sing Eli, sitting facing one another
Sing Another Man Done Gone, standing and moving, near the end we play with harmony
Walks, together
Partnering: airplane, standing on thighs

Today's Books/Authors/Inspirations:
Wikipedia words on Metaphysics (Erin brings in)
Hegel
Jung
Hillman, A Blue Fire (Erin suggests to read)
Sam Sephard - Hawk Moon - Shark Moves poem
Tarkovsky - the image and poem Eurydice
Picasso - Demoiselles de Avignon
Kandinsky - Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Themes:
Metaphysics
Myth
Intersection of Myth-Religion-Psychology
Central Witness Personality
God
Gods
Ritual
Psychomagical Acts
Esoteric
Art as Filtration of Culture
Alter Egos
Archetypes
Manifesting a Real Experience
Following the Work
Making Each Other Nervous
Alchemy of Transformation
Sexual Energy
Animism
Good Art, What Art Thou?
Building Blocks
Interaction of Distinct Personal Narratives

In Search of Personal Transformation:
Development of Trust
Coming into Maturity as Women
Embodying our Higher Potential/Vibrating at Higher Frequencies

Looking Forward:
Create a Project Statement
Create an Artist Statement
Create a Company Name

Transmitter Park