I have just read the story of Rudolf Laban and there are many similarities between his story and my own. He began his planless adventure in painting, was fascinated by circus and human interaction and most importantly he had no fixed plan. His nature and agendas are so close to mine from what I have read.. He embodied things and regurgitated them to understand, the Picasso of dance. We even appear to have the same hat.
I don't think I have identified with anything quite to this extent before.
Interestingly he was also involved in temporary anarchic communities such as Ascona, which put me in mind of the connections that I have been laterally making between Black Mountain College, and my own involvement with festivals. It strikes me that certain festivals are sustaining the arts through providing creative people a lawless playground, packed with stimulation, adventure and a like minded temporary community. Something every critique group aims to be and always fall short of.
