As a dancer, please describe the evolution of Object from the rehearsal phase to the performances.
The evolution of any art is driven by failure. Sometimes big failures, but mostly small failures. Trying to find out what works and what doesn't. And in finding out what doesn't work, you lose material that may have been your favorite or that you came up with.
There were plenty of nights leading up to On the Board where we all sat watching the rehearsal video from that day discussing what was reading and what needed to be cut, changed, or modified. Some good stuff got left out because of time and continuity. But in the end we need to put our egos aside for the benefit and clarity of the expression.
What was the most exciting thing about performing at the On the Boards New Works Festival?
The most exciting part of my On the Boards experience was working on a new work that I was able to make a creative contribution to and that it was a dance that I believed in. I was expressing an idea that was taking a closer look at our own human condition without being pretentious.
It was such a clean simple expression, almost any one could relate to with out needing an encyclopedia of dance/theater references. It wasn't esoteric or bombastic. It was visceral.