It has been an inspirational weekend so far, and it is drawing together people currently working in the field. Last night Susan Sentler (Laban and ex Martha Graham), Rosemary Butcher and I stood in the Siberian cold outside discussing the days events until we could stand it no more!
Simone Forti blew me away, rolling down and then up some stairs without changing her dynamic even slightly, and she is 75! More about her here:
Rosemary Butcher's reconstrcution of Alan Kaprow's 18 Happenings in 6 parts, was fascinating and very well done, more about her here: www.rosemarybutcher.com/
Anna Haplrin's show Parades & Changes, Replays, reconstructed by Anne Collard, was spectacular, funny and very high quality. The cast undressed and ripped up huge sheets of paper, furling it round them like a bunch of Reneissance cherubs, with gentleness and joy that I recently saw during a festival hay fight at the Secret Garden Party. More about Anna Halprin Here:
The aesthetic remindeds me of Jessica Stockholder, my favorite artist. More about her here: http://art.yale.edu/JessicaStockholder
I can't wait for more today!
