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The in and out

 


I have just came back from the depths of a first R&D for my next piece, In the bushes. 

I loved that I embraced my learning/living style for that week. Initiating (Peterson and Kolb, 2017). I went head first in the action, via the gut feeling. I have always done it, but this time, it was "theorized". I used to talk about working with drafts. I still do, but I have more to argument on this working style. 

And how incredible to collaborate with a team who shares the same energy. We did so much in a few days and I can now reflect and build upon what's been done. 

Going in and out from: practice -> theory -> practice, helped me be more efficient. Going deeper. 

Embracing the incompleteness of a score, ‘Instructions are always and inevitably incomplete’ (Schön, 1987, p. 103). Believing movement comes in to complete, strengthen and nuance our approach of/to the world we live in. 

I have not much to write because I am in a moment of action. 2 funding application deadlines + my AOL all this before the end of the week + meeting I should never have planned for this week + coming out of a sinusitis + the kids were sick + playmates + omg what is the weather. 

Embracing the hectic-ness. 

Shutting down to make. Shutting down from the rest of the world to create, produce, get it done and out of myself. 

Questioning the sustainability of all this. 

Free labor is full on in the house at the moment. 


Picture from last week's R&D In the bushes

Pic by Léa Junet 



Shön, A. (1987) Educating the Reflective Practitioner. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 


Peterson, K. and Kolb, D. A. (2017) The Way You Learn Is The Way You Live. Oakland: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

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  1. Cael H, Somatic Studies13 novembre 2022 à 14:13

    "Questioning the sustainability of all this."
    I know that feeling- I am sure all dancers/performers/artists do! It's that one step at a time thing that sometimes feels like running with no further steps gained. Wishing you well- you got this!

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