Late Nights

On Wednesday night Jonathan and I had a late night rehearsal - not as late as it will be when we perform, but certainly later than we normally rehearse. Our first run of the work started at 10:30pm and we were in the studio until almost 1:30am. It was good to feel what it is like to start a run of the work that late. The effort to get the energy up, focused, and to stay present throughout the work is different than it is at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. There is only you to keep your energy up, the rest of the city is going to sleep and there aren't other people in the studio, or alot of traffic on the street, it is just you and studio. In some ways that creates a nice spaciousness - no competition - but, also a certain aloneness.

We ran the work 3 times and each time was very different. The first time there were other people rehearsing in the studio next door - some hip hoppers - so, that was alittle strange competing with hip hop music. It brought out alittle breakin' in my dancing - very strange, odd breakin' - which I think was fine. Our work is alittle out there and anything that makes it alittle more out there works. Since we're really going into each run of the work with all possibilities possible, there is really nothing off limits. Of course, we need to make sure whatever we do fits in with the development of the work. But, alittle odd breakin' works just fine... if it works just fine, that is...

We have a couple of more rehearsals over the next week to get ready for the performance next Friday (July 21-22, 2006), including a 5 hour rehearsal on Sunday. Hopefully having a longer rehearsal will give us some more insights for the upcoming performance.

We're in the home stretch now....