Mocean's annual choreographic lab CLEaR Forum, Photo by Kevin MacCormack

Monday 19 September 2011

Haute Couture and the Zen of the Cloth



Closings, today is our last day at La B.A.R.N. and the sense of calm radiating from the lake will be missed.

A common theme over the last few days in the studio has been patience.
But I am not convinced this is the word I am searching for or the framing to present.

The studio has been busy with ordering and re-ordering, highlight moments and bodies, and coordinating the octet. With the importance of play always present.



Complete freedom, acceptance and rigor might be more appropriate. Watching the reflection of the mind manifest in the bodies is the most curious and exciting for me. That in fact you can not perform with your "partner" or impose your will into the cloth.

You just have to do the task as purely as possible. The physicality and actions will fill in the rest.

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