movement as action: a beautiful community

Movement As Action: Creating Community

A Workshop: To bring together people of varying backgrounds to generate collective creativity as performative and social action.

As social beings, we are constantly moving together with people through space. What happens when this movement is shaped consciously? Does it become (social) action? What happens when we consider or define "community" as an attitude, rather than a demographic?

本工作坊的目的，在於集合來自不同背景的人，
來完成一個具有表演性與社會行動的集體創作。

存在於社會的我們總是與它人在空間中互動。
這種流動是有意識的被塑造出來時，是怎麼一回事？

它是一種社會行動嗎？
當我們將「社群」定義為是一種態度，
而不是人口群體時，那又會是什麼狀態呢？

Friday, May 1, 2009

a beautiful community

dear all,

It is so beautiful to be part of this process with you all. Things are really coming together, we are really coming together as a group, and creating something new from our bodies and interactions. This is very meaningful stuff.

It's been a pleasure to be a part of, and witness, our growth, and this experiment. And I look forward to putting more good work together, now that our dance piece was approved, and will definitely be part of SheenRu's show at the end of June! This is, as she says, a huge step for TNUA, and one we should all be proud to be a part of.

I hope you all will feel like sharing your thoughts here on the blog, now that our goal is more clear, and that we've began to shape the dance.

I look forward to continuing to move, to dance, to enjoy each others' physical presence in the next sessions. And it'll be great to have a good potluck dinner with you all.

hugs, from mauro