Category Archives: Asides

I’m an Airhead

It’s official

proud owner

That’s Ron riding him|her|it home.

Seems I’m spending the summer in San Diego this year, surfing & riding.

Dietrich’s summer look

Matylda Krzykowski snapped this image visiting San Diego on a couchsurfing tour from the Netherlands, accompanied by her friend Derya Inanici. (…)

Photo updates

I updated the Bottle Night posts here and here with more photos.

Here’s to Ann

You go ALV… and thanks to cc for allowing us boring Californians to share in the joy of dance — east coast style.

dumb dance

The culture of narcissism in dance has a new ally: movmnt magazine has a social network. Dancers who aspire to celebrity now have more ways than the studio mirror to admire their youthful mugs. (…)

Images from MR Fall Festival

Josephine posted some great shots from her iPhone of Katie, KJ Holmes and I dancing at the Movement Research Fall Festival.

Click through for more:

Wendy Perron on our performance at St. Marks

"Katie Duck is the Zorba the Greek of improvisation: earthy, feeling every mode of sensuality, preposterous, irresistible, polymorphously perverse. (…)

sandiegodance.org revived

sandiegodance.org has been revived after the collapse of the San Diego Dance Alliance.

DANCEonFILM Webcast

UPDATE:

Video from the live pre-show, a collaboration between me and my brother Gabriel can be seen here. (…)

katieduck.com

Friend and collaborator Katie Duck has a new site up. (…)

Leslie’s new site

Leslie Seiters, a brilliant teacher, dancer, choreographer, friend and collaborator, newly based in San Diego after relocating from SF, has a fresh site up featuring many aspects of her work, from directing to installation, design, dance and choreography. (…)

Judith Seelig: Yoga and Sound

Judith Seelig: on Yoga and Sound

"The yoga that I teach is based upon harmonics. All postures make distinctive shapes. (…)

Slow Dancing in LA

David Michalek’s Slow Dancing will be on exhibit Sept 17th-26th at the Los Angeles Music Center. Thx Amanda for the tip.

Katie Duck, Bach Suites

VIDEO: Katie Duck, Bach Suites

Holland Festival 2004
Excerpt from Six Suites, J.S. Bach

Watch it on google video

Yvonne Rainer, Trio A

VIDEO: Trio A (1978)
Yvonne Rainer

See it on youtube or google video.

What is NOT authentic

Daniel writes on “being authentic” in dance. Matthew considers a response. I’d like to know, what is not authentic?

new word: affordance

New word:

affordance (graphics):
A visual clue to the function of an object. (…)

SIGGRAPH Update

Some images from our SIGGRAPH performance

Upcoming

Upcoming happenings, ongoing classes, etc. now updated in the about page

Flickr photos

Flickr photos are back online in the photo section. I’m also posting from my mobile phone.

Valse Triste

From the archives: A performance of “Valse Triste” in 2004 with Wendy. Click for the flickr album:

Sutra Pagoda

The lecture series on The Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra,
hosted by Michael Owens and Dharma Bums Center, continues to be a highlight of my week, with its thoughtful conversation and gentle company. (…)

SR Images

Another update to the Spring Reverb post, this time with images taken by Karen Hubbard on Friday night at the Kava Lounge.

Neto rehearsal video

The Spring Reverb post has been updated with video from our rehearsal at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. There are also some gorgeous photos courtesy of Jeffrey Brown.

Creative change

MJH comments in response to Tim Etchells on Creative change: "creative change for me is, or is perceived as, convulsive"

Aldo’s new site

Aldo has a new site up (thanks to moi) featuring some of his latest fashion design work.