Dance4

International Exchange Program Dance4 and Dance Ireland

Mawson-Raffalt + Faulder-Mawson

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Research series: SILENCE + ACTIVITY

01-14 May 2011

By unfolding the “dynamic power of silence”, I feel as if seismographically drawn into the inner life of a polychrome landscape - exploring all human aspects of nature.....pushing boundaries to the point of suspending the moment .. breathing and holding the breath . opening and closing .. creating harmony and dissonance ... releasing and generating tension ... holding on ... letting go ... living ... dying...

This philosophical notion reflects the very foundation of existence and furthermore, reveals life’s poetic nature.

I understand dance as an abstract poetic language.

A language which allows a lot of space between its lines for the subjective.A language which does not trade narratives, but which rather communicates the possibility to experience complexity. A language that is firmly rooted in the deep and transcendental Experience of nature and silence.”

DANCE touches the sacred and embodies “a higher idea of being”. ) uM_R

We continued with building the space at the weekend and had 2 visitors who taught us something about sharing with nature .... 2 pigeons got in and when we shooshed them one found the way out again but the other hyperventilated and got into such a panic that it kept flying against the window so we decided to just let it be.........of course being a pigeon and not knowing any better it punished us by crapping everywhere at regular intervals.....after many hours wherein we could not do much except edit texts (which in itself proved very fruitful :) we asked Steph (of Dance4) how to get the door open and after a short time flying against the window the bird finally realised that the est way out was that huge one at the other end of the room _ having realised that it only took a further ten minutes to "sneak up" on it and slip through :) freedom it cried dropping one last load :)

but then at the end of the day

at the end of a veeeery long day

set 1 WEST NORTH WEST

..............................failed!!

image: video still from "it is the wave that cracks the wax" (theDock Carrick on Shannon) copyright mrplusfm