Photo:  Connor Gleason

Just finishing a new piece on the dancers at Curry College, called Circo Folle, set to music by Tom Waits.  The students have been great, despite my challenging them to think VERY far outside of the conventional dance box.  Learning something new should always be a little uncomfortable, and they will tell you that they have experienced both discomfort and hopefully a balancing measure of fun.  I have found them bold and inspiring.

My blog has been quiet of late.  There are some reasons for that.  Mostly I have been very deep into a creative process that needs containment.  Musicians call it the woodshed. It is a creative revamping of process, relationship to time, space and self. Finding the footing for that work here at home amidst animals, home, family is very different from the deep diving permitted by the protected, sanctified space of a residency, especially at Bogliasco in Italy.

Nevertheless, the work is growing.  You can read about it here.  I am also dancing into the thorny terrain of funding –  a necessity in the world of the arts.  More about that later.

You can see Circo Folle at Curry College on May 4 & 5 at the Keith Auditorium.  Click here for details.