Dancing with Tomchess

Nür is the name of the duet I have brewing with Tomchess, who plays both Oud and Ney. Filmed by Elizabeth Line last April at Shen Tao studios... lost, rediscovered, uploaded. I'm still dancing, just finished a brilliant Butoh workshop with Imre Thormann, waking up at the crack of dawn to have at least 30 minutes if not two hours to myself to move as I please. Soon it will all come together for another project. And maybe TC and I will get a gig - anybody need some pretty dance and music for their holiday party?

Sunday School at Burning Man

My seventh day of dancing revelry at Burning Man, my body moving despite myself. My normal morning venue for dancing was transformed: instead of the contact jam at center circle there was a gospel choir. I set out to explore and chanced upon the Dragon car at the Red Lightening camp, where I proceeded to dance for a couple of beautiful hours. The wind and sun were moderate, the mood was high. More on Burning Man soon, me thinks...

IS IT OVER YET?

I should do a proper write up of this project, I will, but now I'm about to fly: to Burning Man, to a new studio, to a new geography in my spirit. So I wanted to get what I have done out and make space for new material. There are maybe three or four dresses left, and I may leave it at that. Coming soon: Burning Man videos!

Dress A Month, August 23: Flashback Flashforward

Got this one from my neighbor in mid July... Good story about the Saturday night performance, more soon.

Dress A Month! July 1: Fire Fly

Dress number 50, and kind of the end of the project... This is the FireFly dress... more words soon.

Dress A Day, Day 49: Please Hear my Prayers

Got this dress at the '05 costume sale. Wore it many times, but most memorably to my sister's super orthodox Jewish wedding in December of 2008, where I danced like a demon. Maybe that's why it still has an air of religious fervor about it... but here my supplications and prayers are to my own spirit, and it's many helpers. I'm writing this in the last days of August, so I can say now: my prayers were answered.

Dress A Day, Day 48: Spring is Over

Wednesday, June 23

Another dress purchased at Goodwill to play dress-up in. It has lots of bright yellow flowers but a high collar and long skirt that make it perfect for playing the conservative strings of the soul. And I am moving in the direction of conservative and conservation after a Spring of frenzied flight and fabulous fantasy. It is time to get grounded and work. Funny then that after this dance I took three days off this project. Or not funny: practical in the way of conservation. You see my period came, as did a lunar eclipse and a cascade of matters to do with inner work and business work that needed my attending. So I directed my energies where I saw they were needed most. Now I can dance again.