• February 9, 2011

    France’s Next Top Set Designer Pt. 1

    By Published On: February 9th, 2011

    Well, here I am back on the other side of the world working that whole theater thang!  That's right your trusty Theater Manager and resident Lighting Designer has once again flown to France, this year the first of 2 trips, to conduct workshops with design students who will hopefully build part of our set, saving

  • February 8, 2011

    The proof is in the pot, in the forest….

    By Published On: February 8th, 2011

  • February 8, 2011

    Ode to my Father and my brother…

    By Published On: February 8th, 2011

    I’m cooking as fast as I can! A week and a half ago, I found myself cooking for one food party after another and no sooner than I finish washing my trusty pot that I cook my stews in does Julie Phelps and Keith Hennessey call me and ask me if I can come cook

  • January 28, 2011

    the latest and upcoming as we launch headlong into 2011

    By Published On: January 28th, 2011

    The year is off to a great start. 2010 was nonstop: Luxury Items at CounterPULSE, Faux Real in London and then at the Climate, A Glamour in Presence curated by Volume at the Torrance Art Museum, a new piece in the Movement Research Festival's program Truly, Madly, Deeply at Judson Memorial Church in NYC, and

  • January 27, 2011

    Internship Week 1: Committed Souls

    By Published On: January 27th, 2011

    1/11/11, a lucky numerical day I believe to start something new.  I got off the BART train in high heels freezing my tiny self and toes off, noting that I never want to wear these specific heels again to the city.  I had coffee breathe and stopped by Walgreens to get some gum, I also eagerly

  • 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,