aren't they cute?!the three others from the weekend: jasmine, hope, & henning.
beginning of my third week! it feels like i've lived here for a year already. jasmine and henning went off yesterday - backpacks, beer, pasta salad, guitar, slackline, and all - to return to groningen for the next five days. we had a good photoshoot and filming of my piece, version 1, in the closet room. it's so exciting to have henning on board, who is hungry to add his artistic input and offering interesting suggestions that fit so perfectly with my developing vision. but the blue room/closet room is a tight space, and leaves little room for the camera plus cameraman (slash choreographer) plus photographer (plus dancer and musician). i am considering making an artistic choice to film in there, however, because it's quite interesting to have moments when body parts are missing from the frame. i have to watch the video again and decide later. i also have to make some alterations to the choreography and smooth out some transitions. but that was to be expected, and i can have it all ready for when the duo returns from groningen and we do our final filming. (** check out hope's site for pics from our filming session in the blue room http://www.flickr.com/photos/hope_davis **)
we also made beautiful headway on jasmine's piece, filming version 1 with me and henning. the piece is really fun to explore: working out how to be a creaturesque human being, making my way out of bed & around the house in the morning, with a harmonica-playing man following me around as though it's all as natural as breathing.
yesterday at noon sharp liset and her husband, hank, arrived at our door with cameras, tripod, and our rabbit replicas (for us to take home while she keeps the originals that sit on our backs). the passage was closed (sunday) but the sky was keeping the rain at bay, so we decided to take the chance and shoot outside. jasmine and i used choreography from my blue room/closet piece, with an added improvisation, and henning played us a beautiful song he composed recently (that you can hear on his site!). it was a lovely afternoon and we danced in a neighbourhood park. you'll have to check hope's photos (again, on her site) and await the video and photographs from liset!
that'll be all for now, i think. allison arrives today, completing our trio of dance artists!! the full house continues to shift and change, and we adapt with it and with each new addition. i love making art! it's art-tastic.
above: a photograph of our photographer; henning working on his headshot
