looking at the parts we're made of

Behold: google image results for "inwards." I thought these visuals could help us for the "feet" section, and the (prospective) introspective section that leads into it. The sign: a picture of solitude and the simplicity of that sentiment; the graph: a picture of seemingly neverending spiraling inwards and the complexity of endlessly turning inwards upon oneself; and the ice: a picture of the beauty of sameness--all of these crystals reaching out of themselves and towards one another--a desire to grow both outwards and inwards simultaneously. Point being: there are so many different ways to express a turning inwards and the quality of introspection and self-examination.

gchat this morning

Kate: hey how was your day off? Sent at 10:01 AM on Wednesday me: great. well, heather was stuck on the subway so she didnt teach. Kate: aww me: but i took joe poulsons class and i'm in love with him. it was awesome. Kate: cool! yeah subways were a fucking mess yesterday i waited for 45 minutes in the morning for a subway car that i could actually fit on to me: we basically did a ton of improv and worked on duets and trios. it was fun. ew. that sucks i'm glad i didnt have problems Kate: that sounds awesome i think im going to take ballet at peridance today ...want to come?!?!?! its an advanced beginner class at 7 me: i can't. i have to go sit on a baby. Kate: GROSS me: i know. i only do it b/c they pay me. Kate: naw, babies are awesome, i am just scared of them i go for cats because you can drop them every which way me: good point. sorry my boss just walked in.... brb Sent at 10:17 AM on Wednesday me: sorry. work got crazy for a bit. Kate: oh god, i just ate a donut WHY me: probably the same reason i really wanted one yesterday. Kate: god dammit it was good me: i couldnt get my hands on one. but i'm kind of glad.... what kind? Kate: straight up glazed me: mmm Kate: and an iced coffee from dunkin donuts it was a killer combo but now i feel like im going to die me: hahaha you're gonna crash in a little while. today is the second big day. i have to tell the exec director today... blah. i hate having to quit twice. Kate: oh yeah i thought today was the day why cant your boss just tell the big boss me: i dont know. she said i should. Kate: that seems cruel and unusual me: probably she thinks he might be able to convince me to stay. not gonna happen. Kate: wow that would really suck if he thought it was like...up for discussion Sent at 10:47 AM on Wednesday me: i'm pretty sure that is what is going to happen. i'm worried that i'll get frustrated and angry and say something.... mean. it would make things super-duper-awkward for the next couple of weeks Kate: i mean, if youre quitting youre quitting, all you have to do is hold your ground...that would be totally preposterous if they tried to change your mind.all they can do is require two weeks, but beyond that, you can do whatever you want!! Sent at 10:50 AM on Wednesday Kate: this office seems kind of crazy Sent at 10:52 AM on Wednesday me: it is kind of weird. i'm so glad that this will all be over soon. i was looking at pics from college on facebook the other day and it all seems so surreal. life in general seems weird lately. Kate: woah, college yeah we are doing some great stuff though and youre going to be doing even greater stuff so soon me: yeah, i'm really excited about everything! things can change so fast... i love the stuff we are working on. Sent at 10:58 AM on Wednesday Kate: yeah i do too. i still feel like we need to "get moving," though. i think we're still doubting ourselves somewhat, and thats responsible for our hesitance. but we are good and should be confident Sent at 11:01 AM on Wednesday me: definitely. it will help to have more studio time also. maybe we should start just moving/improving to warm up as soon as we get in... just to get in the mindset Kate: yeah DEFINITELY we should act like we are in a dance company, and then we will actually be in a dance company ...of sorts me: of thumbs. Kate: yes exactly me: in all seriousness though i think that we made good progress with the moving last weekend Kate: yeah definitely me: the bench and then the foot-hand-grab thing are looking good. Kate: yeah really, i love watching what we do and coaching and taking notes. ooh AND i am definitely getting the camera tonight, me and bro are meeting for dinner me: yay! that will be soooo good for us. oh, we should see about space on monday. Sent at 11:06 AM on Wednesday Kate: yeah im going to email kristina right now. hey triskelion is available monday starting at 8:15 me: oh, hey i just emailed. Kate: what time do they "close"? me: oops. i dont know. Kate: ok i didnt. me: did you call triskelion? Kate: no, i am just looking at the sched now. do you get these availability updates? Sent at 11:08 AM on Wednesday me: no Kate: k i just forwarded it to you, and will do so until the end of time me: thanks! Kate: wow we should really jump on some of these dates woah check out the small print--looks like it NEVER closes "Most off peak hours 10pm on (and at discounted rates between 11pm and 9am) are available, please inquire" me: woah! Kate: WOAH!!! we could go like in the middle of the night!!! awesomiiiieeeee me: we could do marathon rehearsals! Kate: beep bop!!! i feel like a robot that is short circuiting wait so me: hahaha Kate: days that say that, for example, only 4-5:30 pm is available--does that mean that the whole night is taken up, or just the "peak" hours that is impossible that the whole night would be taken me: i think just the peak hours though it wouldnt surprise me if some ppl stayed later Sent at 11:16 AM on Wednesday Kate: ok well lets definitely take monday the 23rd from 8:15 on ok this is confusing me, i think ill just call them a little later me: sounds good. i need to take a look at my schedule for may b/c obv. it will be changing. Sent at 11:19 AM on Wednesday Kate: woah it says that off peak hours are only $5 me: ahhh!!!!! Kate: reading things thoroughly is cool!!! me: i'm dying. DYING. to get in there now! need. to. move. Kate: i lov rehearsing late at night it feels totally secret and awesome me: me too. and i find myself being very productive. like anything goes. Kate: yeah totally me: okay. i can totally do mondays in may, too. Kate: ok. i would say as far as super late nights go, one day during the week would be fine, if we wanted to go til like midnight or even 1...and/or maybe a weekend night, although those are precious me: agreed. weekend nights get tough to do in general... lots of conflicts. Kate: yeah totes Sent at 11:26 AM on Wednesday me: are we doing saturday this weekend? Sent at 11:27 AM on Wednesday Kate: i would love to, but i actually have to get together with my brother and patrick during the day to record some songs for one of p's classes--but triskelion says its available from 7 pm on--we could maybe to 7-9 or something?? Sent at 11:29 AM on Wednesday me: i have tickets to a dance thing that night so that wont work for me. but if we are doing a sunday/monday thing its not a big deal Kate: oh yes, rue true, rather me: do you think it would be a good idea to try and get another hour on sunday? or just stay as long as we dont get kicked out for another hour? i feel like sometimes 2 gets really short... Kate: yeah, its true because it takes us like half an hour to really get started Sent at 11:33 AM on Wednesday Kate: so yeah i totally agree me: it would give us more time to work on setting things after we try a bunch of ideas out. i'm gonna think more about the section between the bench and the foot-grab Sent at 11:35 AM on Wednesday me: when we first start looking at our feet its interesting b/c all of a sudden we arent really relating to each other and are almost just figuring ourselves out. might be good to expand. Kate: yeah, i think we should extend that looking at our own feet section before we slide in to each other me: in joe's class we were working on maintaining a sense of self and integrity/clarity in our movement within a larger group. like 3 solos within a trio. Kate: yeah thats awesome do you think that should be the quality of the foot thing? or the floor section before that i kind of think the foot thing is nice when we are so involved with lifting and doing and body parts that we kind of forget that we ourselves are people but that kind of allows us to join together in this wierd simbiotic way becayse we are just like...one organism Sent at 11:39 AM on Wednesday me: i like that about it too. i think it would be interesting to try an find a similar quality in the very beginning of that when we are still only looking at our own feet. Kate: but then we get to the point where we all kind of naturally break off from each other, and we can be like...snapped back into reality, and maybe at that point we could really explore the "three solos" idea me: yeah! Kate: and really go all out and like explode!! me: can we have glitter fall from the ceiling? Kate: yes no but really...we can contrast it with the planned out, super involved and sort of turned-inwards quality of the foot section, and make it really outwards and awesome and dancey and glittery Sent at 11:45 AM on Wednesday me: oh! remember how we had talked at one point about there being a part that was really big w/ everyone kind of screaming "look at me! this is me!!!" Kate: yeah!! me: this can be that too. Sent at 11:49 AM on Wednesday me: and it will give the whole trio a new dynamic to explore. Kate: yeah definitely, and in the grand scheme of the piece it could lead really easily into the "trying to get people together" part, where everyone is flying around excitedly doing their own movements me: and that is what comes next. cant wait to work on this Sent at 11:53 AM on Wednesday Kate: i know me neither. whats happening on thursday? we dont have any place to rehearse, huh me: no. we could do someone's house again... or we could try triskelion if we want to do a later evening thing... but it looks like someone might be in there Sent at 11:56 AM on Wednesday me: what do you think about the section after the bench but before the rest of this? Kate: yeah, it does seem like that. hmm. Sent at 11:57 AM on Wednesday Kate: well, i like it. i think it could be longer, i think we could develop some more moments of unison and seperation, and i think we could develop the foot thing (before we get together for feet) more--maybe start with becoming involved with a particular body part (i start examining my hip, you yur knee, etc) and then slowly we all end up examining our foot, and then get together? Sent at 12:00 PM on Wednesday me: ooh. i like that. like all of a sudden we become really engaged in the parts that make us up. maybe we could explore more than one. Kate: yeah definitely me: and yeah, the unison vs. separation is so great to watch. i love how certain things work together (me sitting and your legs shooting up, etc.) but we could bring that out more Kate: yeah totally--so that culminates with us getting together and examining each other, each others feet--and then seperate and sort of go in the opposite direction, exploring the space around us rather than our own parts me: and find ways to exagerrate when we are not together. Kate: yeah totally, i like that. we should tape and watch me: and who we are in relation to each other and our world, too Sent at 12:04 PM on Wednesday Kate: yeeeayyyyyy Sent at 12:05 PM on Wednesday me: taping it would be very useful. we should try that this weekend/monday Kate: ok im writing to ttriskelion now, asking for monday the 23rd starting at 8 15 is that cool? Sent at 12:12 PM on Wednesday Kate: TOO LATE I JUST SENT IT Sent at 12:13 PM on Wednesday me: hahaha sounds good Sent at 12:17 PM on Wednesday Kate: we should post this convo on the blog because it has some good ideas in it Sent at 12:19 PM on Wednesday me: definitely. it'll be easier than catching each other up later Sent at 12:21 PM on Wednesday me: then we can spend more time dancing. are we doing costumes on sunday? Kate: yeah, lets just dance around in costumes all day me: i'll bring more clothes and stuff this time. Sent at 12:26 PM on Wednesday me: also we should mess w/ the music again Kate: yeah, unfortuntaeyl i left my ipod at kristinas. why do i keep putting shit in random places me: too many pockets! that sucks though. Sent at 12:30 PM on Wednesday Kate has taken this chat off the record Learn more Cancel Kate: yeah, i'll talk to my brother about music tonight too--he has a ton of stuff that might work. i just want something kind of awkward and expressive but understated and with lots of unusual texture me: talking helps with that, too. if we still want to do that Sent at 12:34 PM on Wednesday me: i'm still in favor of somehow layering a few diff songs or at least using a few of them.... that could also help w/ it not feeling like we are dancing to a song Kate: yeah definitely im going to be recording with brian (my bro) this saturday during the day, and i'm sure he'd love to record some conversational stuff with me. we like to improv and stuff. we will definitely try some talking stuff and see if we can layer it with music etc. i might have something to show you guys on sunday@ Sent at 12:37 PM on Wednesday me: awesome! the more we have to mess around with the better Kate: This chat is no longer off the record Kate: ok cool im glad we are agreed about the music. i know we can procure something awesome me: then we can finish that application! its all becoming a lot more real... weird! Sent at 12:44 PM on Wednesday Kate: super cool. now all i have to do is get in shape me: you can do it! (and if you arent dead on saturday morning you should still come to class w/ me) Kate: ok ok YES me: :0 Sent at 12:49 PM on Wednesday me: i felt really good on tuesday after yoga on monday. forgot how good it is for you... Kate: yeah really. thats why i usually end up going to yoga when im planning on going to ballet i just always start thinking about how bad it is for the joints etc jumping and being stiff and all that--and because my technique sucks its even worse for me but yoga can be so nurturing me: yeah, you have to be super strong to do ballet and not hurt yourself Kate: hmm it would be nice to do yoga and pilates Sent at 12:53 PM on Wednesday me: what is the name of the happy pilates place?

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Just thought I'd try and revive the blog with this picture from the NYTimes review of some play that reminded me of our project.