Jan14 asking for help (isn’t easy) Posted on January 14, 2014 by Paula Josa-Jones Photo: Lois Greenfield of Masque This year marks thirty years since I began Paula Josa-Jones/Performance Works. I am as excited today to make new work and share it with you as I was thirty years ago. More excited, in fact. This year I am finding new ways to collaborate with local artists and arts organizations. I like feeling more woven into my regional web, interactively connected in more ways.What I say on the landing page of the website is: “At the core of my work is a passion for movement that springs from an unpredictable, limitless aliveness in the body. Being in the body means experiencing it in a bloodful, breathing way that is transformative and improvisational – diving into the deep waters of the body and all its wild possibility.” I have several projects on front burners. One of these is completing Little Fictions & Ragged Memoirs, a solo program – the first in my career. The newest solo – The Traveler – opens with a film, which will require some fierce shooting and editing by several collaborators. A third solo is a juicy collaboration with costume designer Christine Joly de Lotbinniere. Another project is an improvisational collaboration with local musicians John Marshall and David Darling. A third is a new duet for my longtime dancer collaborators DeAnna Pellecchia and Ingrid Schatz. That duet cross-pollinates The Maids by Genet with images and movement of animals. All of this takes time, energy and money. I don’t often ask. If you can help, please do. This isn’t a Kickstarter campaign with prizes, but you will have opportunities to see some beautiful work bloom. In a theater or an arena near you. Thank you.All of this takes time, energy and money. I don’t often ask. If you can help, please do. This isn’t a Kickstarter campaign with prizes, but you will have opportunities to see some beautiful work bloom in a theater or an arena near you. Thank you! SHARE & EMAIL SUBSCRIBE HERE to receive the Free Daily Post. Comment on Google+