Author: Kate March

Today marked the first day of rehearsals for the 10 choreographers involved in the ArtsCross Project here in Taipei. After months of organizing, planning, worrying, negotiating, exchanging, and brainstorming, ArtsCross Taipei finally unfolds with what feels like a natural, comfortable, and invigorating jolt of energy. To begin with a simple note about the community of people…

After observing a few rehearsals today, I began to see the challenges of bilingual verbal communication as well as emerging intricacies and complexities of interpretation. I also noticed the patience required and employed to deal with the accompanying frustrations in imparting desires, questions, expectations or ideas to someone who does not speak your native tongue. Luckily I think…

I began the observation day by watching Alexander Whitley’s rehearsal; it’s amazing how much can be accomplished in so little time. The problem with observing is how easily one gets sucked into a particular room. I was quite mesmerized in Alex’s group space. I began free writing and thought I could…

I joined the group of BDA dancers, BDA choreographers, UK choreographers, and others on the voyage to the National Palace Museum, a hot pot dining excursion, and a Taiwanese musical at the National Theater this past Saturday. On that day, as well as this, I realized how much we all can sense truth and imitation of the truth even if…

Wait a second. Keep waiting. Pause. Pause…Don’t move, Don’t speak, Don’t think. No Questions, No Answers. That’s ‘real’ uncertainty. The ‘Pre’ Space. The dirty, lingering moment prior to a clean form.  Stay with it. Float in the air there. Stop, I mean completely stop. Breathe. Close your eyes…

Before I sit down to observe the choreographers, dancers, scholars, and other observers, I slowly, somewhat timidly open the door as not to disturb those in the room. I feel like there should be a welcome mat. I self-consciously tip toe into the doorway and slip my shoes off as a sign of respect to both the space and the people — a very important…

https://youtu.be/jmfCS3C_TSo https://youtu.be/fZGS7eaj-00 https://youtu.be/GAen0pLv1sA  

Two dancers in Alex Whitley’s Rehearsal last week, unaware of their similar stance in waiting….a nice image of the project’s theme… https://youtu.be/77j_iaSswyo  

This clip makes me reflect on the relationship between dance and sensuality or possibly an aesthetic related to sensuality… https://youtu.be/IJEDsDR0pm4

https://youtu.be/-7cJn68l05g