It is so good to be back! Andy Dickerson and I have devised the “pause, flow, and exit” of our first truly collaborative work, arrangement. (Andy's genius lighting design has been a part of Launch since 2006.)
So, Andy and I go into rehearsal with our separate mediums, him on lights/me on moves, and we blend them. We are working on creating spontaneous, valid compositions that display the element of choice, real-time choice. Each rehearsal we explore improvisation not as the antithesis of composition, but as the place where compositions become compositions.
We think about our tool kits, what we can use and how:
We arrange a world. We wait. We enter. We pause. We wait. We watch each other. We listen. We respond/flow or we pause more. We exit. And, in turn, we shape solos and duets, sometimes even trios. We enter with a plan and then we let that plan be destroyed. We think about repetition, stillness (which is different than pause), limitations, objects. We think about the audience. All of it, we use to create a real-time composition. We wonder who is leading? Who is following? We try to figure and then we just let it go. A new idea comes to us. We recall what once was and we use it. We notice what is and we use it. We volunteer to expose the layers of self, past and present, to alter and challenge perceptions, create new neuron connections, and to discover unique thoughts. We improvise.
Oh, one more awesome thing: Fade Kainer is creating the sound score! Yup!
It's good stuff.
It's good stuff.
Save the date: March 22-23, 2013 and stay tuned for updates!
-Rachel
-Rachel
