We are not separate from our individual histories and embodied experiences we meet each other and the research with generosity. In committing to being in something both known and unknown together we find and build collective embodied history and knowledge- Each of us a translator collecting responding with each other and the environment.
We are engaging in research through the moving body
Engaging with these words/concepts as places of continuous inquiry
places to check in with
to come back to
allowing the dance to meet them.
We are
researching
perimeter
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meeting the space
asking the space
the space behind
we are with each other in our awareness
September - October 2017
During this time in residency this movement practice has been happening weekly on Tuesday Mornings for three hours.
This is a sharing of process
The questions are the same, the attention to the inquiry is the same, the layering in of the public dynamic of "an opening" will shift the research, the research of meeting and "audience"
This is an opportunity to engage with the research of performance, being seen within a durational structure.
The responses and opportunity of public eyes allows for a lot of information to come in.
From 6-9PM October 14, 2017
We begin outside and travel from the outside perimeters of the building inside collecting and translating into the interior spaces-
embodied layering of spaces.
Featuring Artists: Emily Aust, Anne Gehman, Katy Gilmore
Leslie Armstrong, Chelsea Zeffiro, Aurora Lagattuta, Mihwa Koo, Viktor De La Fuente, Lauren Christie, Aubrhe Yruretagoyena
Special thanks to all artists who contributed to this research
Javier Fresneda, Veronica Santiago Moniello, Jenna Ann MacGillis, Dan Allen, Mia Aust
This practice stems from a larger body of research titled:
Landscapes Remind People of Who They Are
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The Poetics of Form
language in the aftermath of experience
Perimeter
I could spend a lifetime getting to know you
Impressions of wood grain on concrete
Mass
Vertical space
Extreme width
The church and the factory
The perimeters of surfaces
Sewer the gut of the streets
Backspace skyspace
Horizon is the constant
the edge space the space of the edges
It is visible and invisible
Felt
Told
Fake
Imagined
Suggested
Perceived
Marked by
signs
of
Property
of
Place
Perimeter implies movement
of light and shadow
Moves with the sun
The perimeter of structure is revealed by the elements
Wind
Weather
Webs
Sound perimeters
Rhythms of spaces
The choreography of maps
Impressions of distance
The energetic thread through horizontal space with other bodies
perimeters between us
over time
The density of windows
Heat and reflection
Dimensionality
And
The multidimensional spaces of the moving body
Thresholds have perimeters
but
Perimeters do not necessarily have thresholds
Layers of floor downward slope
Residue Residual
Imagined impressions
left behind left inside
Navigation
memory
the perimeter of liveness
Of flight
of the hawks in the sky
The social performance of practicing performing for an interrupted group or a group not expecting nor intending to be audience inconspicuous conspicuous surprise spectatorship surprise you are now audience to this thing that is an interruption-
You make a choice that’s happening in the present but you realize it’s not only based on that. -Anne G
The puzzle is already complete- arranged it will produce or create another visual image - Javier F
(working with perimeter reminded him of the story a friend told of the philosophy of the puzzle.)
Artistic Direction and Conception: Emily Aust
Choreographed in collaboration with Anne Gehman and Veronica Moniello
Performers: Emily Aust, Anne Gehman, Veronica Moniello, Chris Warren
Scripps Coastal Reserve
January 2016
photos courtesy of Jim Carmody and Tim Richards
Directed by Leslie Seiters Little Known Dance Theatre
March 1st and 2nd 2019
SDSU Studio Theatre San Diego, CA
Performers/Collaborators
Emily Aust, Viktor De La Fuente, Krista Nelson, Megan McBrian
(c)over
examinations of body in relationship to place, state, and object Theodore & Adele Shank Theatre La Jolla CA March 2015
Artistic Direction/Conception Emily Aust
Choreographed in collaboration with dancers
Stephen Fung, Marguerite Hodge, Connie Chen, Claudia Varela, and Juan Rodriguez
Set Design Justin Humphres
Costume Janet O'Neil
Projection Design Lilly Bartenstein
Lighting Gwikyoung Ko
Stage Management Morgan Zupanski
photos courtesy of Will Given
Conception/Composition: Ryan Welsh
Choreography and Performance: Emily Aust, Lisa Frank
Videography: Huy Trinh
Conrad Prebys Experimental Theatre
April 2015
Performer/ Choreographer/ Collaborator
The Desperate Characters of Mercer County: site-specific performance. Space 4 Art 2012
Conceived by Jenna Ann MacGillis
Music Direction by Clint Davis
photos courtesy of James Patrick Griffin
Performer/Collaborator
Directed by Eric Geiger and performed at Space 4 Art in San Diego, California.
photos courtesy of Tim Richards
Odd & Even collaborative ensemble
Collaborators Dina Apple, Kris Apple, Leslie Armstrong, Emily Aust, Rachel Goldman, Christine Herde, Ariana Warren, Chris Warren
SDSU Studio Theatre
June 2012
photos courtesy of Tim Richards
