• January 27, 2011

    In a recession, you gotta have stew…..

    By Published On: January 27th, 2011

    I have to say…there is so much going on, I’m having a hard time keeping up in these posts! For the last 2 weeks it’s been about recession stew. Recession stew is a creation of mine that was inspired by the way my mama would take random left overs and hold overs in the fridge

  • January 18, 2011

    Trying to hold on to the magic of Africa….

    By Published On: January 18th, 2011

    It’s been almost 2 weeks since I left Senegal..every day in Senegal I ate 3 meals a day. Everyday, 3 times a day, we stopped everything else so we could eat ( I say we because I never ate alone there). Whether it was Adama’s cooking that we ate everyday at

  • January 18, 2011

    Injury as Teacher

    By Published On: January 18th, 2011

    I'm often able to tell other people when they are injured how much every injury can be a teacher. When it's not me having to hold back from moving with physical abandon, I see the benefit of learning about our limitations and our vulnerability through our injuries. When I have an injury, my vision is

  • January 12, 2011

    Public Showings

    By Published On: January 12th, 2011

    We have our first work-in-progress showing for my CounterPULSE residency this coming Saturday, Jan. 15th. Even though we're still at the beginnings of our creation process, I'm very glad we have this showing to work towards. There are many reasons that I find public showings of performance works in progress useful. These include: --forcing us

  • January 10, 2011

    Narass ak jamm (digest in peace)

    By Published On: January 10th, 2011

    Well, it has definitely been awhile since I last posted…I have been on a journey with this food project that has taken me to the Republic of the Congo, New Orleans twice (I may be going back), several food parties in and around the SF bay area and most recently to Senegal from where I

  • January 9, 2011

    Synchronicities

    By Published On: January 9th, 2011

    One of my favorite things about the creative process is synchronicity. I follow intuition above all else in my art making and find myself continually rewarded by the ways that relationships I never could have dreamed up appear all of a sudden. Until recently I was planning on making a piece called Don't Suck! Cycle

  • January 9, 2011

    The Best Laid Plans…

    By Published On: January 9th, 2011

    A particularly challenging and fertile aspect of being a creator of experimental performance is that I often have to describe a project in detail many months or even years before I start on it. When working with 10 or more ensemble members and needing to plan out schedules and spaces that are accessible for dancing,

  • January 3, 2011

    1/4 mark

    By Published On: January 3rd, 2011

    When I think about my understanding of what it meant to be gay when I was 16, a handful of images come to mind. Walking down Stockton Avenue and trying to sneak a quick look into the old Renegades Bar when the door would swing open. I could never really see in, but stories unfolded

  • December 5, 2010

    Superheroes

    By Published On: December 5th, 2010

    When I was seven, I wanted to be a superhero. By the time I was 14, I had moved on to Broadway Star or Professional Nerd, but I still created stories of myself as a superhero as I walked home from school. The stories shifted, but in the end I always saved the day through

  • December 3, 2010

    Monique/Fauxnique performs at the Movement Research Festival at Judson Church in NYC

    By Published On: December 3rd, 2010

    I am honored to be part of a magnificent and eclectic line-up this Monday, November 29th at in the Movement Research Festival at Judson Church. If you are in New York, please join me for this exciting evening. More info is below. MOVEMENT RESEARCH FESTIVAL FALL 2010: TRULY MADLY DEEPLY November 29 - December 4,

  • December 1, 2010

    Beginning

    By Published On: December 1st, 2010

    Today is the first day of my very first CounterPULSE ARC residency. I'm excited and scared by what lies ahead. I'll be working with my Dandelion Dancetheater interdisciplinary ensemble on the next stage of a multi-year project exploring the ins and outs of competition. We began with a vision for creating a Reality TV program

  • November 21, 2010

    When all is said and done …

    By Published On: November 21st, 2010

    And which part of yourself will you continue to give to the shiny people that fill themselves up with your light? Which will you keep to make a torch and chase the hollow away? I haven't come to this world to leave as a flicker. I learned very young that the dark was my friend.