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I am making a solo show which not only aims to serve as practice in order to research the application of Brecht’s concept of Gestus but also tells the story of one good woman turned sour by the memory of one man. It is has a Hollywood frame, circa 1940s and uses Brecht’s The Good…
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“Senior Moments” – 17/01/10, Margate, UK
Kristin Fredricksson of Beady Eye and I have been working together on a project which remains in development. The initial idea sprang from stories from older people, before migrating to a preoccupation with archiving movement. Once invited to scratch a performance at Margate’s Theatre Royal, Kristin and I decided we would concentrate on using older…
Common Dance – over, but not over
Rosemary Lee’s Common Dance for this year’s Dance Umbrella festival was a big success – sold out at Gda every performance with long waiting list for returns, it was a shame more people couldn’t share what was, we were told by many, a ‘moving’ and ‘powerful’ experience. The Guardian’s Sanjoy Roy reviewed it with four…
My MA thesis: What to do with Gestus Today? Version II
Even when a character behaves by contradictions that’s only because nobody can be identically the same at two unidentical moments. Changes in his exterior continually lead to an inner reshuffling. The continuity of the ego is a myth. A man is an atom that perpetually breaks up and forms anew. We have to show things…
Sand and Vision directed by Julyen Hamilton
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