battery opera thanks
its invited guests Hari Krishnan, Dr Anis Nor, Zab Maboungou and Jennifer Mascall
for their inspiring grappling with the issues posed by:
SO YOU THINK YOU DON’T FOLK DANCE
Our Artist' s Agenda (Su-Feh's) conversation about the contemporary body, folk practice and the palace.
To read Su-Feh's opening statements, please go to her blog
leesufeh.blogspot.com
We would also like to thank all the people who chose to attend this event, particularly those who stuck it out to the end despite instances of personal discomfort.
Here are a few of the words that keep coming back to Su-Feh.
folk dance is murder
contemporary dance is dead
rupture
violence
outrage
stealing
lying
subversion
post-genocide monkeys
honorific thief
bifurcation of the body
STAYED TUNED FOR THE COMPLETE CONVERSATION TRANSCRIPT COMING LATER THIS SUMMER!
battery opera gratefully acknowledges the support of the Equity Office of The Canada Council and The Dance Centre.
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Su-Feh Teaches at Way Out West
August 25-29, 2008
Approaching Dance Through Martial Arts
This is Su-Feh's kick-ass, released-based class. Using principles from internal martial arts - spiraling and circular energies, clarity of intention, softness of body - this class gets you to move like a river and be still as a mountain. Sometimes the class takes on a somatic approach and is free-form, sometimes it uses Wushu basic drills as a way to practice moving through space with clarity and integrity of structure.
For more info visit:
http://www.mascalldance.ca/classes/wow/
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THE WHOLE BEAST
North American Premiere
OCTOBER 9, 10, 11, 2008
The Scotiabank Dance Centre
Tickets available soon.
The Whole Beast is new solo work created and performed by Lee Su-Feh; in which the dancer is butcher , meat, the cook and the cooked.
Read David committing career suicide on our blog
(plus an update on the new Bob's Lounge concept vehicle!)
batteryopera.blogspot.com/