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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
Movement, Performance, and Instruction
I
started on the path to true expressive movement after attending my
first Burning Man in 1999 where I met a future collaborator, Kurt
Sonderregger, who, at the time, was promoting his new toy, the Zuni
Poi, the first of a slew of practical, colorful, and safe poi sets.
Together with several other friends we began practicing and performing
fire acts for events around The City under the troupe name 'Infinite
Kaos'. We began hosting a weekly gathering of 'flowsters' (folks who
play with instruments that bring them to a state of energetic
responsiveness) called 'Spin Jam'. We've been maintaining the weekly
event for nearly 6 years, helping to build, foster, and provide
community to the burdgening 'flow' movement. While informally giving
instruction for years, I began formal staff instruction in 2004 for the
Temple of Poi, branching off in 2005 to offer other movement
instruction and therapy.
One of the principle guiding forces for
me has been the self-instructional nature of 'flowing' (which I would
have called 'spinning' before- a word that always seemed strange). To
wield a flow instrument is to learn to listen to oneself. We can
recieve instruction and guidance from others, but only our body can
experience the sensations in the moment and learn to respond. This,
therefore, leads to deeper self-awareness on a physical and later a
metaphysical level. I learned to really trust what I was experiencing,
to learn to stop blocking the flow of energy around me. From that came
learning to truly guide and channel the energy, a place form which true
power comes.
This understanding of movement combined with my
exploratory nature brought me to examining more deeply the places in my
body that flowing took me. This eventually led to my practice of flow
stretching, with which I have overcome on several occasions injuries
sustained during less aware dance sessions (such as having people fall
on me in particularly vulnerable positions while doing contact improv).
Currently
I am working to build my movement business, while developing the
practices I have been creating. My most recent ongoing performance work
has been with Velocity Circus, doing performance and stage tech for
their shows.
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
Event Production and Management
I
have been active in producing events for the past 6 years, both
independently and with partners. With Infinite Kaos, I have managed and
co-managed too many events to count, also co-managing camps at Burning
Man for several years.
In conjunction with Red Bull and Infinite
Kaos, for the past 4 years I have managed the sound performances for
'Ascension', an event many people have called the best in The City. For
the year 2005 I have stepped up to the co-producer level.
My
other production series is 'Synergia', an event that centers around
smaller artistic evenings that focus on bringing the underground arts
to the gallery level while still focusing on a festive environment.
These have been extremely well-received.
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
Arts and Design
My other
main focus is my arts in which I engage passionately. I started
actually investing time into exploring arts in 2000, inspired by the
illusory and trancendental nature of staff dance movements. This
quickly led to the creation of scultpures that got ever-larger.
After
a few years if intuitive arts creation, I became curious about the
nature of the art I was calling forth, which led me to the study of
'sacred geometry', fractals, moires, optical illusions, integral
psychology, form, and nature in general. These studies led to more
developed and intentional art and movement, as they both spring from
the same internal creative source.
I did a 3 year residency for
Thump Radio, providing art for their music events in clubs and other
venues. Over the past 5 years I have worked with many local producers
as well as producers in New York, Washington D.C., Oregon, and LA.
Currently I am focusing on building the art aspect of my business and
promoting myself to international producers.
My arts soon moved
to design work. I have worked with Red Bull, Thump Radio, Whip It, and
Velocity Circus creating custom artwork for a variety of needs from the
artistically practical (not to be confused with the 'practically
artistic'!) to the purely decorative or purely practical.
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
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Myself 
