We had a meeting the other day about our 2010 season. The show that precedes our show will be titled "uncovered." This started me thinking about our show and made me think of how the whole world is a bed and that if someone pulls the sheet one way then someone else get uncovered. This is something I've been thinking a lot in response to the present economic situation and while identity is a huge issue, the greed present in our communities is uncovering our jobs, our schools and our safety.
On a more practical note - we need to decide whether we will have the show on the weekend of June 18-19 or June 25-26. Right now I'm committed to a performance with Present Music on June 18th. (this happened in the past couple days...) This would be a solo with music and interactive design from Chris Burns. I should know soon if Kevin chose to put the performance on the 11th or the 18th.
We also need to decide whether we are ok with two nights or we would like three nights or four nights... Since we don't really know what we are about to do it's a bit hard to think about the performance format.
Another practical issue is our rehearsal format - normally we have a rehearsal period per dance piece being built. In this case Elizabeth is also building something for Summerdances 2010. We were thinking of creating a rehearsal period for the KSE 2010 show that would start in Feb 2010 on (just guessing here...) Mondays and Wednesdays from 2-3:30pm with a Friday rehearsal from 1 to 3:30pm and then a rehearsal time for Elizabeth's piece of Tuesday and Thursdays from 1 to 3:30pm and a Friday time of 1 to 3:30pm. We would use as much of the same dancers in both processes which would allow us many permutations... For example Heather and Elizabeth could rehearse for 2 weeks everyday with everyone and then I could come in and rehearse MW while Seth would work TR and then we could all meet on Friday... anyway, let us know what you think of that format.
Another issue is the title... As I was writing this I got to liking the book title Birth of Pleasure... maybe something along those lines for now? Birth of...
Anyway this is a lot to think about on a blog...
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hi all! hmmm, there are a lot of things here. most importantly, i'm having trouble coming up with a title without knowing more about what we're doing. i'm afraid that the birth of pleasure sounds pornographic (and not in the good way :) ). as for the date of the show, should we do it on June 25/26 so as not to conflict with your Present Music show, or was the latter moved a week earlier? and the rehearsals--my attendance is contingent on when i teach, and i have little say over that. afternoons are prime time for the film department, though. evenings are a safer bet. can we meet to talk a bit more about our idea? i've been thinking about identity and various ways to challenge binary thinking...the idea of finding a 3rd way when it comes to identity...not sure how that relates to the economy, though. more later.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we should meet again to discuss this in more depth. Evening rehearsals are problematic for us with the kids' schedule. This would also mean that Elizabeth and I would go on for a long time without seeing each other. Also dancers need to work and rehearsing at night often creates problems. I'm sure we can work it out. When will you hear about your Spring schedule? Can you give me an example or two of what it might look like?
ReplyDeleteI'll send an email about meeting.
oh, and a title is really important if we want to be included in publicity materials... we should have this by the end of June.
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