Frist Post-24 Post

Yes, Jonathan and I did survive our 24-hour performance. We performed each hour without fail - and we only had one hour where we had no audience, but, yes, we still performed. The whole arch of the 24-hours is still fuzzy and hard to get a handle on - it is SO much information! I, and I think Jonathan, can talk about and analyze certain hours, but the whole is still hard to talk about. So, here are some impressions - even though exactly what hour things happened is not clear either...:

During one of the first hours we got into this counting game - "1, 2, 3....9) - that turned into a little "bit" that was funny. We're not usually funny - we're pretty straight up abstract post-modern dance/music guys - but, this turned into a pretty delightful performance - I mocked tap dancing and rolled my eyes at Jonathan - ever the straight man.

We had a couple stay with us from 9pm on Friday until 5am Saturday - yep, 8 straight shows. And another guy stayed from midnight until 6am. It was pretty amazing - for a number of hours they were the only 3 people present -thank goodness they were there! After a while we offered them some cookies.

Some time in the early morning - say 6am - we had a really wonderful, quiet performance. We didn't even break a sweat, but it felt really present, soft, careful (in a really good way).

At our "commissioning club brunch" we completely killed it, and ourselves. I was sweating so hard that I had to blink to keep the sweat out of my eyes. Very intense - felt ancient, deep, cathartic. And it completely whipped our butts - the next couple of hours were really hard.

In the middle of the afternoon - after some rough shows - we re dedicated ourselves to being present, to not try too hard, to fully accept that we were completely exhausted. To perform there, not from somewhere where we aren't.

Last hour was great. Of course we stepped up the energy and used every bit we had left. Used up every bit of awareness and presence that we had left. Going off stage it felt done. I certainly had nothing left to give. I can't image doing one more hour, but then again at hour 8 and hour 12 and hour 20 I felt that way as well...

In the next couple of days we'll be posting the journal that we kept during the performance - after each show one of us wrote a short blurb about the hour - should be interesting.