I shall watch it with eyes averted. Or, perhaps glimpse it every so often. Nonetheless, tomorrow night I won’t exit …
December 13, 2011
the n+2 dimensional space for n>1 — beginning aftermath
… Where was I? Brussels. It took longer to get from Schönefeld airport to home than from Brussels to Berlin. …
December 10, 2011
the n+2 dimensional space for n>1 — day 10 & 11
It’s already over. We performed last night and today is Saturday, the residency finished. In-between now and Thursday morning, we …
December 5, 2011
the n+2 dimensional space for n>1 — day 7
The first day returning after (most of) one day off, and ten hours rotating between studio and kitchen with a …
November 26, 2011
Ivo’s Studio
Red sky in the morning, and a chaotic arrival to Brussels. Somehow I thought Chaussee de Mons ran parallel to …
October 30, 2011
temperance at cinedans
On a whim in May, because it landed in my maiming lists inbox, I decided to send temperance to Cinedans, promptly …
September 1, 2011
Madrid rehearsals day 4
Ballet first with Dasniya. In ropes. A pity no pictures of that. Something in the distraction of being tied up …
August 13, 2011
abjection archery photoshoot
Earlier in the week, I met Christian crépes at a Belgian café beside the Spree; a first hello since I returned …
August 7, 2011
archery
Something I’ve been meaning to write about for some time. A while ago – in early June – I bought …
August 4, 2011
It was quite a slow return
I slept much of the way, or rather failed to stave off falling awake. It must have been not pretty …
July 27, 2011
process/unprocess showing at rosas
A short invitation to a showing of some sort this Friday: The last two weeks, Gala Moody and I have …
July 25, 2011
process/unprocess week 2 day 1
I am humming. Gala stands over me. She is reading the Aftersong from Beyond Good and Evil. We look at …
July 9, 2011
Hello Brussels
A very early train. Not as early as a plane. For some reason there was an absence of cheap flights …
May 16, 2011
Nein! Nein! Nicht die Wunde ist es.
I heard it slightly wrong. Parsifal, struck with awareness of Amfortas and the wound is physically overwrought. “Sie brennt in …
May 12, 2011
parsifal in film
I arrive in Brussels this morning, curiously with Anuschka sitting next to me the whole way. We stay up the …
May 1, 2011
temperance 16mm film
With all the adding of video and making newness on francesdath.info, I started looking at the footage of temperance again. …
March 24, 2011
stuttgart calixto bieito parsifal (+ andrew)
It seems the nature of seeing a performance in another city also involves lengthy missed trains on the return for …
March 19, 2011
die singende stadt — parsifal and calixto bieito
The last day screening, Dasniya and I climbed the stairs of Hackesche Höfe Kino for 90 more minutes of the …
March 8, 2011
goat snake witch dance theatre blackness
The last couple of days I’ve been working on a side-project, cleaning up my dance/performance/choreography website, francesdath.info. I decided a …
February 23, 2011
us alone tied
The day before the last performance, we arranged to spend some time on the stage working on some suspensions and …
February 18, 2011
parsipress? pressifal?
More? More! Continuing on from when Castellucci was a criminal … Words and Pictures!. I was planning on making an …
February 7, 2011
castellucci is a criminal
After the fourth performance, an emotionally tough night for us, we stand outside the stage door. A woman in beret, …
January 27, 2011
parsifotos
Once we got into the theatre to rehearse, I decided to not show all the photos, and wait until Parsifal …
January 25, 2011
Reading: Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
Laurence Dreyfus: Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
January 23, 2011
a day off and still in la monnaie
I am writing out of order. We thought to go to Gare du Midi markets around lunchtime, giving us a …
January 1, 2011
miscellanea surrounding friday evening
Did I say we tried the second scene mostly naked with much whiteness? Comes off with soapy showering. That was …
December 26, 2010
parc forest winter
A dusk walk in the leafless forest. parc forest – 1 parc forest – 2 parc forest – 3 parc …
December 3, 2010
Burka Bondage
The past couple of months Dasniya has been rehearsing with Helena Waldmann, in a piece she helped with last year …
August 22, 2010
Reading: Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
August 10, 2010
reading: jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
June 28, 2010
BER – BRU – BER – VIE
Not so much an open secret as something I haven’t got around to writing about here, I depart tomorrow for …
May 9, 2010
art sunday
Some rather nice art has fallen my way recently, falling around something that might become abjection. Of course it induces …
July 4, 2009
Daniel Jaber, Class at Marameo. July 6 – 17!
EXCELLENT!!! (which reminds me, I never saw the sequel) And I’ll miss this sequel also. Poo. Fliegen, fliegen, fliegen… splat! …
June 18, 2009
Daniel Jaber, Tumbling at Marameo! June 22-26
Not that I shall be doing it, which sucks… Excellent fun!!! (more details on the flier…) Daniel Jaber – Tumbling …
February 25, 2009
double happiness
Two excellent things in the last couple of days I shall endeavour to celebrate. Perhaps with wine and peanut butter. …
November 10, 2008
finishing
This week I made a decision I’ve been thinking about on and off for years, and always delayed because somehow …
October 19, 2008
lucky trimmer
***DEUTSCH*** Liebe LUCKIES! Gerade als sich draußen alles abkühlt, wird es heiß im LUCKY TRIMMER Büro! Bereitet Euch vor auf …
July 28, 2008
impulstanz – settlement… (perhaps day 12)
Sleepy all day, getting up late, nearly lunchtime, slobbing around all afternoon then too quickly i’m almost late and so… …
July 27, 2008
impulstanz – settlement… (perhaps day 11)
We opened. We went to Burgtheater to our tables in front of Casablanca playing and ate potatoes and pasta. And …
July 26, 2008
impulstanz – settlement… (perhaps day 10)
I’ve been meaning to say something about my apartment, I mean to say, where I’m staying. The woman who let …
July 25, 2008
impulstanz – settlement… (perhaps day 9)
I saw Jan Fabre’s Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day. It was unmemorable. Earlier I ate organic crunchy peanut butter and …
July 24, 2008
impulstanz – settlement… (perhaps day 8)
Wherein I discover that ImPulsTanz knows about my blogging of settlement and having revealed as such in their newsletter, I …
July 23, 2008
impulstanz – settlement… (perhaps day 7)
I think a stop to yoga soon, or maybe exchange for snoozing or lying on the floor pretending to warm …