Back in Berlin with the usual pouring-of-day-down-toilet that is economy airlines. Really, I’d get the train everywhere if Deutsche Bahn (and others) weren’t so scandalously overpriced. I’d get work done for a start, and Brussels to Berlin is only a … Continue reading
Neither Gala nor Ivo are in Brussels, which makes this decidedly weird being here; eating Piadina alone, sitting on the Metro alone … Hans and Anuschka are here though, and we had an excellent dinner on Thursday, and at least … Continue reading
Some time last year, the darling Lewis Major, whom I first met in Brussels in 2010 when he came to Dasniya and my Yoga and Shibari workshop, and then arrived shortly after in Vienna where I was working with Hans … Continue reading
I went to see Hans’ new space today, which I’d heard about from Anuschka just before coming to Brussels. It sounded like a lot of work; basement machine shop with decades of oil and other dance-unfriendly substances leeched into concrete … Continue reading
One of the best performances I saw last year, and that was only in development while in residence in Uferstudios was Hans Van den Broeck’s Messiah Run. It premieres in a couple of weeks, and it’s unlikely I’ll be there … Continue reading
Hans and SOIT have been in Berlin the last few days during Tanz I’m August, and working on Messiah Run! at the Ufer Studios. Convenient for me it’s just across the road (with Café Pförtner in-between), so I wandered in yesterday mid-afternoon … Continue reading
The coffee is made thus: In a small bowl two teaspoons or so of sugar for every cup is added. Once the coffee begins to run out of the espresso machine, the first trickle is poured onto the sugar. This … Continue reading
From Anuschka von Oppen, who will be in Berlin shortly for a piece I (think I) saw some of in Brussels late last year and thought it was rather good. Nearby Buffalo & memory /such mich Nearby Buffalo ein Tanzstück … Continue reading
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 while ago I wanted to move it into WordPress, change the font to Anonymous Pro, and try and make everything … Continue reading
The day after opening Parsifal, we went to Bar du Matin for breakfast, and of course who should be there but Hans and Harold. Hans gave me a copy of the DVD of Café Prückel, as well as sent me … Continue reading