Nature of Us - Filming success

Yesterday's filming was great! Jeromy arrived before 7am to setup. Michelle DuBos, arrived shortly thereafter and was an excellent assistant. I enjoyed the collaborative spirit. It was a joy to dance with Tom again. This was an absolutely delightful experience. Editing will take place the first week in January. I'm looking forward to the final product! I will post clips as I get a chance.

The Nature of Us - Filming

Last full rehearsal is tonight. Filming starts tomorrow morning (12/13) as the sun comes up. It's gonna be chilly out there! Fun stuff! Really - I mean it - fun. Editting will begin the first week in January. The project will be complete before I know. :-)

Duet rehearsals for April show - For Victoria

Here are some rehearsal snippets of the duets that Megan Durell and Michelle DuBos are working on.

The Nature of Us - Section 4 - 8 Storyboard

Here're the last half of stills and notes, sans music. I'm printing the stills and adding figures. Video will follow.

The Nature of Us - Section 1 - 4 Storyboard

Stills and notes for sections 1-4 of the 8 sections of The Nature of Us.

The Nature of Us - Section 1 & 2 Storyboard

Here are sections 1 & 2 of 8

The Nature of Us - update

Okay, some changes. I'm getting rid of the white jacket. The more I work with it, the more I realize that the jacket needs to be in a solo all by itself. I'm re-working the costuming and re-working the storyboard. A digital storyboard will be ready Thursday, Dec. 4th and some video samples ready Sunday, Dec. 7th.

Ahhhh. Development.

Converge was a success!

The 3rd Annual Motor Dance Fundraiser, Converge, was a success! For the first time EVER, setup time, rehearsal was AHEAD of schedule and also allowed for some unexpected, but cool things to happen. For example, an SFA tv reporter came to take some shots of some dance and yoga and to interview me. I had originally thought she was coming to just film the evening, but she just wanted a few things and we were able to accomodate this before the show without a problem. I'm looking forward to seeing how that turned out.

Everyone did a wonderful job! The yoga was intriguing and cool to watch, the artwork was beautiful, the music was GREAT - (thanks to The Mustn'ts, Lee Pruitt, Russ Havard and Larry Bishop), Juanita Finkenberg and Linda Choate presented a beautiful duet and I have to say that Motor Dance danced the heck out of Notes on Life and Don't Hold Your Breath - section 1. The improvisation section at the end was a hit and something new to the Nacogdoches audience. I'm really pleased that Jennifer Micallef was able to make it to East Texas. Her explanation of the process was well put and the audience came along with us on our journey - which is always good. And as always, it's great to improv with her.

I hope that we can do this type of event again. It truly was a collaborative event and I'm touched that there were so many people willing to be involved and put their best work out there to share with people. ALSO - APO at SFA is the coolest. This organization really helped make things run smoothly. Thanks Ari!!!!

Okay, I'm done gushing. :-)

The Nature of Us - Music, Location, Jacket for film

The music has been chosen (been chosen for a while actually). It's by The McCarricks out of the UK. The track is In the Key of Three.

Here a few pictures of the location:







Stills of constructed jacket. I have a sturdier version for outdoors. The one below has chiffon sleeves - good for the stage, not good for the trees....

Converge - Motor Dance Fundraiser

We're a week and a half away from the fundraiser. I'm pretty excited about how things are shaping up and how people are coming together to make this a cool event. This Saturday we will hang the artwork after rehearsal. I'm excited to see everyone's work up on the walls. I'm also looking forward to seeing this all in action. I'm pleased that we'll be starting off the show with The Mustn'ts to get us all in a cool mood. Arianna will be our MC-extraordinaire and the Morning Glory yogis will lead us in a Sun Salutation followed by some really cool yoga demos. Good stuff! Motor will perform a "somewhat" re-worked version of "Notes on Life", Real Women Dancing will perform a duet version of "At the Kitchen Table", Jennifer Micallef will wow us with her improvisational solo and Motor will return to premiere the first section of "Don't Hold Your Breath" (sans the projections). We'll wrap up the show with the Fishbowl Soldiers - Jennifer and I executing on-the-spot reactions to words that the audience places in a fishbow. FUN! Other musicians include Lee and Javier accompanying the yoga demonstrations and Russ Havard serenading us as we conclude the event. I can't wait!

The Nature of Us with Tom

Yeah! Tom Truss and I will begin rehearsals October 25th for The Nature of Us dance film. I'm excited to get to work with Tom again and can't imagine anyone else in his role - so this is wonderful news. Filming will take place in Henderson the second week of December!

I'm currently looking for a flash animation artist for a new dance work, "Don't Hold Your Breath". This is the beginning idea. I need an artist to design and develop a three minute animation. Music coming soon!