The past few weeks have been very full on, and yes, sorry, the blog has fallen a bit behind. Kiriakos Spirou joined us again last week and through considering issues of sound and music composition helped us shape the final event.Different to last year, this year we have a single event that contains the results -if such word can be use- of the research and experimentation. The Lab participants chose to remain focused on process-process-process until the last moment, seeing performance not only 'as' research, but considering how the moment of performance 'is research'. Much to be unpacked there. Certain themes seem to have cemented, particularly the constant question of 'emai-edo', and from there establishing more complex questions:
-- what am I doing when I choreograph, who am I when I do this? who am I doing this for? and how? The event seeks not to share pieces in progress, there are no 'pieces' but an integrated whole from the various, and a conscious decision to explore how such process can be shared, as an experience of a different kind....
In keeping with the manner the Lab has evolved this session the presentation in many ways mirrors and comments on the experience of the last 10 weeks: a shared process that then diverged into individual concerns, only to find the overlapping, common ground -literally and metaphorically towards 'its end'.The first sharing is tonight. 9.15pm at the studio. Please join us. If not tonight then by all means there is still tomorrow...
