comic relief
The Creatures of Habitat are gearing up for Spring Training with some incredible guest artists: Caryn Heilman of LiquidBody, Jennifer Hicks ofCHIMERALAB and Elana Davidson of Dance in The Air. At this point, most of this prepping is done by flexing the “scheduling” muscle. You know that one, right? Busy, busy, busy bees. Meanwhile, to give myself a moment of comic relief from the drone work of planning, I took a few of the photos that Zachary Stephens took this past summer (featuring mostly creature Karen Lee) and turned them into a short comic panel. Silly, I know. I should probably be working on my profit/loss statement, taxes and laundry. Not to mention, perfecting my lines for Stop Kiss (post coming soon….). But for today, I think i’ll exercise my strange-creative-task muscle again for a minute before heading out to stretch the real ones at the Gyrotonic studio. Enjoy!
9 small steps=1 big turn
i made 9 cool movements forward this week towards the creation of a hot HOOPLA
- received sponsorship from the Office of Cultural Development again! (the name of that place sounds so Orwellian to me.)
- began a dialogue with the Beacon cinema about a Hoop movie night.
- changed the HOOPLA date to Sat. July 30.
- HOOPSfest New England’s director, Maria, and I made phone contact and swapped stories about our visions and how we could support each other.
- Hoop City is now a bookmarked daily destination and the festival is listed there.
- my body is one step closer to returning to the hoop via a slow Gyrotonic practice mixed with Continuum, Qigong, Osteopathy and Acupuncture.
- updating the HOOPLA site via the intermittent guidance of the mysterious Mr. Monotone.
- began to plan for a schedule of master class offerings for hoopers to register for in addition to the free sessions on the lawn
- sent word out calling for more performers and vendors.
that’s a great big turn taken in the spinning spiral of progression.
Tuesdays = Snowday
this is it. the new site is up. it’s not anywhere near done. but here it finally is.
let me know what you think so far. it will change a little everyday till we get to the right place with it.
♦
it’s snowing again today and i work on learning my lines for the upcoming Town Players production of Stop Kiss while the plows scrape by.
in the play, i am sara. here’s a picture from last night’s rehearsal. Director John Trainor works on a scene with Kim Kirchner And Denis Guyer.
traditional theater is different than what i have been doing these past 10+ years with performance, so it’s a welcome stretch and all part of the process.
and now another year….
this is it. 2011. the new site will be up in about a month or so. these things can never really be exact these days.
meanwhile, check out my newest project www.showusyourshimsham.com
floating
i haven’t given up on the site. really, i haven’t. i’m just better at the non-virtual world. believe it or not. (never thought i’d hear myself say that.)
anyways.
i’ll be in William Oberst’s studio on Holden St. for North Adams Open Studios on Sat from 2-4 and Sunday from 1-3. i’ll be floating. Objects. and Ideas. Come visit.
let freedom ring
presently planning a party for creatures and creature supporters.
i cannot seem to enjoy being on the computer enough to get anything done. maybe once i get a laptop again if will be easier.
going back to the drawing board for the beginning and ending of habitat (de) frag.
stay tuned, as usual.
no sleep till… PHILLY
work on the site has really slowed down…because of all the work going into getting the COH to PHILLY for the FRINGE.
help us out
by pledging a couple bucks here to our online fundraiser
and check out a few of these new vibrant photos by Brattleboro photographer Zachary Stephens from our time there.
on the radio, on the road, on the floor
Jim Maxwell in the WVEW studio
Take a 15min break and listen in to this off-the-cuff interview with Jim Maxwell on his weekly Art Talk show on WVEW 107.7 LPFM: Brattleboro Community Radio from yesterday. We talk a little bit about the process of the COH eNsemble and our preparations for the show coming up next week at Luminz. www.luminzstudio.com
Special thanks to the ever evanescent Lance Monotone for “toning” the talk up for online listening.
At Luminz for COH rehearsal
Yesterday was another busy day for this lynx, as I speedily left the above interview then rehearsal in Brattleboro at Luminz with performers (cast of the COH: LITTLE WHEELS) Lauren Reedy and Elizabeth Hallet to make it back to North Adams for a late night sweaty jazz tap dialogue at the Elf Parlor with valve trombonist Mike Fahn. We worked out a few Monk tunes and my favorite Sunrise, Sunset as well as a few bossa +latin groove tunes. stay tuned for more of Sole&Bone especially after I get myself a portable floor that works. i’m working on that.
visit the elves at night
July
….heading over to Brattleboro today to continue onward with prepping COH for the show at Luminz on the 17th + 18th.
meanwhile….the site is still in redevelopment phase…it won’t be long…we’re getting there…
New Feature
we’re getting closer and closer to finding what is going to be right for this site.
hang in there, it will be more interesting soon enough.
for now:
Save the dates: July 17 & 18 for COH eNsemble in Brattleboro at Luminz Studio and Sept 11 &12 at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival