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On Seeing “The Squash” at Tate Britain
I was recently witness to Anthea Hamilton’s “The Squash” at Tate Britain. The sign at the entry to the Duveen gallery warned me not to sit on or touch the tiled, elevated, “plinths” (holding small sculptures that went unnamed). I was somewhat confused by this as, when doing my research on Hamilton, I watched a…
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Awareness through Movement & Reading @ Wellcome Collection
Awareness through Movement & Reading is a 3-part series hosted by the Wellcome Collection in London. Having worked with the Wellcome Collection in the past on Nature Walks: From Parks to Pavements I was invited back to create something for the Reading Room, a hybrid space that is part gallery, part library and part social…
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Dance and Art Forum: Why Dance in Museums?
Dance and Art Forum: Why Dance in Museums? hosted by Siobhan Davies Dance in London took place on November 9th from 1.30-6.30pm. The afternoon consisted of presentations and discussions looking critically at the recent profusion of dance in museums, galleries and international art events. Siobhan Davies highlighted specific work they have done with collaborators in…
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Artist International Development exchange in Athens, Greece 24 August – 1 September 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Moving // Dialogues & Transmitting Trio A August 28th – September 1st, 2017 Athens Kinitiras: Artistic Network for Performing Arts After taking a summer hiatus from blogging I am back online and anticipate sharing a diverse set of activities and events from the international cultural sector. I welcome your comments and look forward to being…
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Morning Movement Practice @ TATE
As part of my TATE Learning Research Associate position and practice-based-research through the Centre for Dance Research at Coventry University, I have been running a series of once-a-week morning movement practices at TATE Modern. In the early part of this year I spoke with Emily Pringle, Head of Learning at TATE about my interest to…
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The Sense of Movement @ Marres House for Contemporary Culture
I am recently back from Maastricht, the Netherlands where I was invited to lead a workshop The Sense of Movement as part Marres House for Contemporary Art’s programme Training the Senses. Director Valentijn Byvanck’s vision for the programme is to offer non-traditional (i.e. non-lectures) events on the topics of the senses in relation to cultural spaces and experiences. It was…
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Embodying a Connection with Van Abbemuseum
I am just back from the Netherlands where I gave a talk called Moving the Museum in relationship to one of my projects that I was attending to there and that has been in the museum since 2014. Punt.Point is a collaboration with architect Rennie Tang and was commissioned by the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven as part of…
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Role of Participation in Dance (and Museums)_Talk at TATE Exchange Room
As part of my TATE Learning Associate 3-month residency I have been connecting with events in the TATE Exchange room that align with my interest in exploring approaches to and critical discourse around dance in the museum. Today I attended an all-day talk where one of the many partners of TATE Exchange, Trinity Laban’s Learning and Participation programme (headed…
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TATE Residency
I very pleased to share that I just finished the second week of a 3-month residency at TATE Modern. As a TATE Learning Research Associate I will be working on my practice and research of dance in the museum from the perspective of the dance artist. As part of my time at TATE I am inviting individuals and small…
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Reflective time…evolving projects… and new spaces of inquiry
Some time has passed since my last blog entry. Some of this is due in part to the holidays/end of year activities and part of it has to do with some needed reflection time on my practice during this time of shifts in governance (both in my country of origin: the USA and current home country of…
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