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Risk/Reward 2012
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Come see The DECEPTiCONS (my new performance project with Jen Hackworth, Anthony Hudson and Mickey Pollizatto) at RISK/REWARD
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DECEPTiCONS
So, while I’ve been away I’ve been developing a new show called WWWEEERRRQQQ! or WRQ* for short. WRQ* queers expectation while celebrating queer language and performativity. The DECEPTiCONS are Anthony Hudson aka Carla Rossi, Jen Hackworth, and Mickey Pollizatto as … Continue reading
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Day 6 with Hiroko Tomano
Today we invoked a very feminine play. We worked our hips and our twists the entire time and it was a struggle. A good struggle, the kind of struggle you get used to working with H. Not only am I … Continue reading
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RISK/REWARD FESTIVAL!!!
I’m excited to announce I’m in this years RISK/Reward festival! My newly formed group The DECEPTiCONS (Anthony Hudson, Jen Hackworth and Mickey Pollizatto) will be turning out a new work entitled —>wwweeerrrqqq<—- in which we will overload you with our … Continue reading
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Hiroko Day 4
“You must become invisible” She said to me after 1.5 hours of scapula squishing finger pointing micro movement. Becoming a tree, becoming a soldier, dying… H. said to me yes yes all the technique all the detail but after a … Continue reading
Day 3 with Hiroko Tomano
Today’s post will be short because I’m super exhausted from working at the restaurant after working at the studio today. Interesting conceptual tidbit. When we are activating our energetic body through the imagination through smell… or as H. says “smell … Continue reading
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Eyes Open When Dreaming Day 2 with Hiroko Tomano
“Don’t go crazy, go with crazy…” She said as our arms extended over the horizon to become wings as we stretch over our heads while keeping our hips and knees facing in front of us so our full upper body … Continue reading
Eyes open when dreaming… Day 1 with Hiroko Tomano
Today was day 1 of what I’m going to call “Eyes Open When Dreaming” or my dance experience training with legendary butoh artist Hiroko Tomano. I’m going to keep these pretty personal… and maybe get into some history… or more … Continue reading
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Hiroko Tomano @ The Headwaters
Hiroko Tomano @ The Headwaters
Starting tonight I will start keeping a journal here about my weekly workshops with Hiroko Tomano from Harupin-Ha! butoh as I attend her residency workshop at The Headwaters Theatre in N. PDX. This will be the 3rd time I’ve worked with Hiroko and I’m excited and a little nervous to dive into 2+ hours a day 5 days a week with this legendary butoh teacher and performer.
So, I’m starting the night before… and this is how I feel.
Excited. Nervous. Intimidated. Hungry. Curious. Softness.
This weekend was BIG for me. I hosted BENT as a benefit for my sister Antoinette. Bent was a big success and it kept me up til 3am dancing! The next day I biked 15miles around town and out to Kelly Point Park to pick cotton wood buds. I’m into native plants and especially the cottonwood… it just smells so GOOD. Then I went to the infamous RED DRESS PARTY… where I stayed out dancing til 3am again and then galavanted around town til 8am. I took a brief nap, cleaned the bathrooms in my house and now I’m getting ready to head to my new job at Russell St. BBQ. I’m wondering… WHY is Pepper writing so much about his party scene? Well, cause it leaves my thighs sore, my head swimming with (hiccup) thoughts, and leaves me a little exhausted. I’m wondering how much more exhausted I will be from 2 hours with Hiroko. The last time I had a workshop with her it was a 5 hour Harupin Ha! workshop before the Water In the Desert festival a couple years ago. We became goldfish and walked with hour seats close to the floor with bent knees bow legged and rolling our shoulders. By the end of an hour of that I was seeing visions and cursing my burning thighs. So, going into it I feel I did a good job at exercising pretty hard… and we’ll see what creative and physical transformations come from some core training…
http://witd.org/service/harupin-ha-butoh-theatre/
