Leslie Seiters, a brilliant teacher, dancer, choreographer, friend and collaborator, newly based in San Diego after relocating from SF, has a fresh site up featuring…
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Judith Seelig: on Yoga and Sound "The yoga that I teach is based upon harmonics. All postures make distinctive shapes. When the body relaxes and…
Toward the end of the residency, photos were pooled and each person left with several hundred images representing our time together. A Trio An Affair…
David Michalek’s Slow Dancing will be on exhibit Sept 17th-26th at the Los Angeles Music Center. Thx Amanda for the tip.
Staying with Christian near Union Sq. after visiting with Amanda and Tucker in their new Brooklyn studio. Already wishing I had more time here. Stay…
Yesterday was our showing here on the grounds, where a sudden rain and thunderstorm forced us to scrap plans to perform outside in the fields.…
There is an absence of text and explanation on this blog for the last week of exploration. I hope to make up for it in…
Today is our first free day, after finishing the last of 12 introductory workshops by each of the Omi residents (more on these later). Visiting…
Daniel writes on “being authentic” in dance. Matthew considers a response. I’d like to know, what is not authentic?
It was a quick and enjoyable ride from Penn station to Hudson. Tonight we meet and exchange introductions with the rest of the residents.
Monday I fly to NY to participate in this year’s Dance Omi residency. The residency culminates in a performance in NYC on Sept 10th as…
New word: affordance (graphics): A visual clue to the function of an object. From Shlomo in his syllabus for Musical Games (or how psychology of…
UPDATE: That moving blur is Leslie:
Image courtesy of livefromSIGGRAPH.org
Opening the Sake:
Image courtesy of livefromSIGGRAPH.org
Jared at livefromSIGGRAPH.org snapped a shot after the opening of the Sake barrel. If you scroll WAY down (need anchor tags maybe?) you can see more images of the projection and the sake ceremony. Hardly any dancing is visible due to the lighting but a good time was had by all.
The lecture series on The Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra, hosted by Michael Owens and Dharma Bums Center, continues to be a highlight of my week, with…
Ensemble Improvisation for Performance
Weekly sessions will provide structure and practice in improvisation, and will develop perceptual skills crucial to ensemble performance.
Through experimentation, dialogue and guided exercises, dancers will investigate the impact of actively seeing and hearing while moving.
Classes will emphasize:
- Noticing the impact of “feeling” states in performance.
- Recognizing ones personal, choreographic “ethic”.
- The use of choice in creating a collaborative Instant Composition.
I’ll be teaching Contact Improvisation, weekly, at Dance Place San Diego for most of July. Dancers of all ages, experience, shapes and sizes are welcome…
Another update to the Spring Reverb post, this time with images taken by Karen Hubbard on Friday night at the Kava Lounge.
The Spring Reverb post has been updated with video from our rehearsal at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. There are also some gorgeous…