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Dec, 2013
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Mar, 2013
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Mar, 2013
Starting State
As soon as I started scripting material for State, I shifted its context by taking it outside. The Djerassi Ranch in Woodside (where I was in residency last May) invites that kind of play, of course, and offers innumerable sites to take advantage of. Here is a short blip from one such adventure: Funsch launch of State: Not Anywhere Near to Now from Christy Funsch on Vimeo.
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Jan, 2013
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Jan, 2013
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Jul, 2012
Two amazing Homo File shoots last weekend
We had two amazing shoots last weekend for Homo File. The first was with tattoo artist Zeph Fish who was inking our Sam Steward played by Ned Brauer. Sam was mentored by tattoo artist Amund Deitzel. Sam himself was mentor to tattoo artists Ed Hardy and Cliff Raven here in the Bay Area after he moved here in 1967--(the year I was born). On Saturday Ned had an amazing image of Mercury put on by Zeph Fish at her studio
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May, 2012
Join us for Our Daily Bread’s “Seeds to Sprouts” youth showcase
http://youtu.be/J1IiEtVIXQQ
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Jan, 2012
Quadripod
In the previous post, we made centipede yogurt stew. Yum! Now onto the video portion. Except, maybe we're not talking about a plate of food anymore. Maybe we're discussing a table with legs sharply angled away from the center... When I set out to integrate video with dance, I had this idea in my head that I would let inspiration come only from video - that somehow there was supposed to be ONE foundation in the work, end of story.
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Dec, 2011
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Mar, 2011
Entering the Temple of Tech Week
I've come to love tech week--the week leading up to a performance run in which we have tech (technical) rehearsals, dress rehearsals and last minute scramblings to finish. I notice that during this time I am highly energized with a mix of anxiety, anticipation and joy. And I notice that the main thing that keeps me grounded is spending as much time as possible at the theater. I like to get to the place we're performing hours before each event,
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Mar, 2011
Showings, Feedback and Protecting Clarity
The showings that Dandelion has been doing as part of our residency at CounterPULSE have taught me a lot. Here's an incomplete list of insights, reminders, clarifying moments that I've gathered so far from the three monthly public showings of our Friend project: 1. Public showings are crucial to the development of the kind of experimental performance we create. They force us to get things together on a deadline, to try them out and then to retreat and re-tool. There
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Jan, 2011
The Best Laid Plans…
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, instruments, wheelchairs, props, sets and more, I have to do a lot of advance planning. I joke often with my husband about how I have