By Tricia Olds
My biggest fear about the show was that breaking the fourth wall would make the audience feel alienated. And if they were uncomfortable how would we deal with that in such a small space? But I soon found as our audiences grew our shared need for connection and our invitation to stay in the present squashed our anxieties and opened the door to possibility. The more people we had in the space the more excited they were to be a part of the process.
We seemed to start each show with a promise to our audience that we wouldn't leave them for a moment and would take care of them for the forty-five minutes we had them.
I learned from Kate the importance of going to the end of each movement. Her choreography has an athleticism that requires physical and emotional agility and total commitment of both from the performer. I can't wait to delve deeper into the process, to find more connections in the work and take this baby to Canada!
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