Mair's Blog

WIE presentation-Resources

mairc — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:07:50 +0000

Tonight I am presenting for OSU’s Society of Women in Engineering on the topic of Body Language. This is an exciting opportunity to discuss my research and issues of the body and constructs of power! Dante Brown and I will be performing a newly revised version of “Anatomy of an Argument”, a piece created in 2003.

I am compiling a list of resources utilized for this presentation:
Carrie Noland: Agency & Embodiment
Brian Rotman’s September publication titled “Gesture, or the Body without Organs of Speech”

http://www.semioticon.com/semiotix/semiotix15/sem-15-02.html

Gesture Conference at OSU, February 25-27, 2010
www.gestureosu.com

http://www.lichaamstaal.com/english/jobinterview.html

Exhausting Dance

mairc — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:35:09 +0000

I have just finished reading Andre Lepecki’s article on Jerome Bel and was inspired by the consideration of critical theory in choreography. This reading is a part of the literature review for a paper on the analysis of movement. It seems a little tricky to discuss given Bel’s inclination towards the “still-act” but if I continue my inquiry on meaning through movement, I find a path.

Visual-Sasha Waltz

mairc — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:18:38 +0000

DV8 video

mairc — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:48:59 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/user/SeejayLurtzmann#p/u

I move to move with you….

mairc — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:05:17 +0000

Here are some thoughts from the book I am currently reading by Erin Manning titled Relationscapes:

I move to move with you to move with them to move you moving me.

Space and Body are in continuous shifting dialogue

Preacceleration is the expression of movement’s capacity for invention

“to divest your body of movement, as opposed to thinking you are producing movement”-Forsyth

“to find movement is to work with preacceleration” -Forsyth

Movement is a technology of the becoming body. Preacceleration is like the breath that releases speech.

Picture Perfect

mairc — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:11:06 +0000

Process Possibilities

mairc — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:52:38 +0000

I am thinking of trying to schedule an evening length work in a few months (or maybe in March, depending on space availability). One thought I had, in addition to restaging a few of my old pieces is to have one or two of CoMec rep (Eddy/Enchante)?? I could apply for some funding and fly you both here, once or twice to rehearse. I am working on a new piece, a duet and collaborating with Nicole for the installation. I am playing with the evening being a different performance experience from the beginning…..and have some lovely movers here that we can work with!

Correspondance: Rhode Island, Ohio, California

mairc — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:25:21 +0000

Hello my lovelies,
This can be our communication forum while we are in distinctly different geographic regions but wanting to maintain our creative process with each other.
Beginning thoughts included three solos to be made by each of us. Possibly with the idea of having a trio commissioned and set on us and presenting in each current hometown.
Miche just had an idea of having a choreographer in each town work with each of the solos to create trios.