Today's performance is on. 10:30AM Livezy waterfall. Its dry but cold. Layer up!

The Winter Cycle Begins Jan 27 @ Livezy Waterfall

The next performance will be Sunday Jan 27 at 10:30 AM at Livezy Waterfall. The easiest way to get to the site is entering the park at Valley Green and walking south on Forbidden Drive. The site will be down to your left.

OR--- From Henry Ave enter and park at Pachella Field just across Livezy Ave. Follow the path into the park. Go north-left on Forbidden Drive. The site will be to your right.

I am looking forward to the performing challenges the winter dances pose. An important issue for us is always, what to wear? Audiences too should make sure you check the weather and or the blog first and dress appropriately as the cold can be very intense when you are outdoors for a long time. Waterproof and skid-free shoes are a must in inclement weather especially as you will have to walk a ways to get to this site.

Photos of yesterday's performance

Olive Prince on the bridge across Mt. Airy Ave path. Photo: Deanna Bond.

Yesterday was the last performance of the Fall cycle in the One Year Wissahickon Park Project. Thanks to all who attended. The cold and rain make it less appealing for audiences to come out. We too long for the sun. At the same time dealing with the cold and dampness pushes us to go more deeply inward in the performance practice. One has to move into the center of the body, more finely and specifically.

Olive Prince and Shavon Norris. Photo: Pepon Osorio

Jumatatu Poe. Photo: Gabriel Osorio-Soto

Shavon Norris. Photo: Pepón Osorio

Merián Soto. Photo: Karen Bond

The Path. Photo: Pepón Osorio

Olive Prince. Photo: Marcelo Osorio-Soto

Noemí Segarra (center/red) and audiences: Photo: Karen Bond

Dec 9 performance is on!

Sunday Dec 9 10:30 AM
Look for fairies along the path from Mt Airy Ave to Forbidden Drive.

Dress warm. Wear shoes with grip! See you there.

More photos of yesterday's performance

Karen Bond emailed me these photos. I love how she is playing with the light! Her photos capture something of how it feels to perform these dances. She's named them:

Photos of Today's Performance

Today's performance at Bluebell Meadow; cold, damp, challenging, surprising. There were only four of us there — Toshi, Noemí, Shavon, and I. The space is open. We begin along a single line of trees. We had planned to work on the other side of the trees but shift our plan thinking audiences who brave the weather might watch from their cars, a sort of drive-in performance. Many of the familiar elements of the site are absent: there is no wind, no blinding sunlight creating fantastic shadows, there are no dogs for the entire performance!

We begin. Don't question, just commit to the work and stay connected to ourselves, each other, and the environment; find ways to generate heat from the inside.

Photos are by Pepón Osorio and Gabriel Osorio-Soto.

Today's performance is on!

10:30 AM
Bluebell Meadow