The following message was posted to: dance-tech > HI Sita, Your project looked really interesting, and the process of online collaboration and composition quite effective. I would expect a performance after this kind of work to demonstrate the processes and different styles of interpretation, therefore by bringing in an external body to "finish off" the work nullifies all the natural processes and experiences gained by the participants. What were the issues ? I would assume your funders would know what kind of finished product to expect. The participants would know what the final product would be like. If the core of the work was the process why such stress about a "finished performance" ? SO WHAT HAPPENED ? If you do something like this again I would like to be involved :) Thanks Kema >When we arrived in Dublin, we all had a fairly good idea of how the >structure and much of the movement content would work on stage. At this >point, however, we ran into issues related to performance politics and the >professional acceptance of 'practice as reseach'. Because of the pressure >to put on a 'professional level' performance product, I was forced to step >down from the choreographic role and Wayne McGregor was brought in to >'finish off'. This was against the ethos of the research, as Wayne had >not followed the process online and did not know the movement material. >As a result, the rich palette of movement material was formed in a way >that did not take full advantage of the possibilities and planning. This >was a disappointing end to the project, but one that raises many questions >that I intend to explore later in an article. > -- Kema T. Ekpei Esq. kema@kema.org.uk www.kema.org.uk The information contained in this e-mail message is usually intended only for the person it is sent to. This message may be an extraordinarily detailed and serious document or it could just be me having a laugh. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient think yourself honoured to have received correspondence from me in error. After you have read the details of this email you may delete it at your whim, if you like. ---------------------------------------- The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. To post a message, send email to dance-tech@dancetechnology.org. To unsubscribe, send email to lists@dancetechnology.org, with the words "unsubscribe dance-tech" in the message body. ----------------------------------------
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