Experimental Performance as Spiritual Practice
(Blog)

I love risk in performance. Whether it’s physical risk, emotional risk, conceptual risk or some other category entirely, I find that when the stakes are high onstage I feel indisputably alive. The Dislocation Express contains a great deal of risk. … Continue reading →

Opening night of The Dislocation Express was rough for me. I thought that the show went well for the most part, we pulled off some complex logistics, and the performers were really strong. The rough part was my internal journey. … Continue reading →

I first met Nils Jorgensen in 2008, when Dandelion Dancetheater and AXIS Dance Company were sharing a program in the San Francisco International Arts Festival. I just happened to sit next to him in the audience to watch the AXIS … Continue reading →

There is a lot to be said for accessing our creativity in more than one artistic field. I have based most of my research over the last decade on interdisciplinary performance creation and have found it consistently challenging, growth-inducing and … Continue reading →

I sent out the following to all the performers and collaborators of The Dislocation Express today and then realized it could be worthy of a blog post. This collaborative piece by Dandelion Dancetheater and AXIS Dance Company opens tomorrow. Info … Continue reading →

I’m in the thick of the final phases of giving birth to The Dislocation Express.  A teacher of contemplative theater who I have been reading lately, Lee Worley talks about the director’s role in a piece as being like a … Continue reading →

I love the serendipities that sprout up all over art processes. I learned tonight in watching our latest Dislocation Express V-blog that this is both Janet Das’ last new project with AXIS, and that her first new project with the … Continue reading →

The further I sink into my particular ways of making art, the more I appreciate having collaborators aboard who bring complementary and sometimes contrasting perspectives. Kimiko Guthrie and I have been working together since 1991 and our artistic partnership has … Continue reading →

Cristina Carrasquillo, a member of the Dandelion Dancetheater ensemble is the central figure in Act I of The Dislocation Express.   In rehearsal we call this Act “Circles” and it was originally inspired by CORE’s piece Ice/Car/Cage. CORE was a collaborative … Continue reading →

I’m in the final weeks of the creation process for The Dislocation Express, an interdisciplinary work that’s been in the making since 2008 (in terms of visioning and planning) and since February of this year (in terms of actual time … Continue reading →