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Mar, 2011
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Feb, 2011
Conditioning
I'm humbled to see how deep so much of my conditioning runs. I've been learning about and experimenting with inclusive dance techniques for almost a decade now. I'm continually looking for ways to make the ways I perform, think about, create and teach dance/theater inclusive of people with diverse mobilities. And still my conditioning asserts itself over and over. I fall back on how I learned to dance. Sometimes this is wonderful and provides a storehouse of movement approaches and
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Feb, 2011
Mid Way
I feel half gay. Not sexually that is... I'm not bisexual or sexually confused. I'm clearly hot for men. I just feel culturally half gay. Like somehow I've inherited or learned only a part of the culture, but not actually enough to pass a thorough inspection. If I was to try to board a plane to return to Gay Land, customs would have a field day before letting me pass through. Of course, I don't really feel half straight either.
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Jan, 2011
Injury as Teacher
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 a lot murkier and I have to wade through a lot of resistance before I come to some kind of acceptance of what happened and
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Oct, 2010
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Aug, 2010
Julia Serano & Carol Queen Post-Show Panel
100807 Jesse Hewit / Laura Arrington Strong Behavior Post Show Panel from In Studio on Vimeo.
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Jul, 2010
New video flyer for Artists in Residence
Watch Jesse and Laura engage with their new works. Get a peek at the new dance theater pieces to debut in August at CounterPULSE! Meet Jesse Meet Laura Buy tickets Learn more about the Artist Residence Commissioning program
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Jun, 2010
A self portrait
I wish I could say that I came to it on my own, but I didn't. Yesterday's work-in-progress showing was very important for the development of this work. And I'm feeling pretty emotional about it right this second. The question/"issue"/conflict of me as a male auteur, making this work very much ON the women of this company has always been a beast. Initially, there were ways of trying to do some sort of damage control, ie: The work would include
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May, 2010
Post-Pre-interview…
When I was an undergraduate in North Carolina, I would often decide to drive home to Louisiana late at night. Around ten or eleven pm I'd decide that now was as good a time as any to make the 12 hour southbound drive . My car only had a radio, and the late night interstate travel radio station options in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana were quite limited. A solution I came up with to combat boredom/fatigue was to
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May, 2010
building things
Today is May 27th, 2010...that never gets old. So, Tell Them That You Saw Me (which I'm realizing is kind of a very Miranda July-esque title...funny how subconscious influences work on us) is being built. Julie, Maryam, Loren, Shawnrey, and Anna are all pretty much on fire. I'm learning not to fixate so much on identifying dominant themes, and instead trusting the work to kind of reveal itself as it will. Now that Julie's back from Croatia, we've been having
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Apr, 2010
of a faun…. the beginning inspiration for the visual design of “Hot Wings”
the beginning... my favorite part everything seems possible and the threads of connection are just barely starting to show themselves. At the beginning, I spend a lot of time drawing, painting, imagining, and (i wish less often) buying/collecting objects. the visual component of the work is hugely crucial for me. here are some preliminary paintings i've done for the set inspiration for Hot Wings and some amazing finds from Scrap (a decoy deer and waves of tiny birds) how will these
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Apr, 2010
omfg and other hysterical things
Before getting into much let me say I am beyond humbled and thrilled and terrified and ecstatic about this residency. First, the staff at Counterpulse are amazing. This feeling of being supported is both delightful and totally foreign, but it's a feeling i could get used to. so first, and for real THANK YOU to all the CP folks. Second, I can't believe Joe Goode will be mentoring this project. I dont even have words for this... more on that