{"id":1379,"date":"2023-09-04T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T12:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaginedtheatres.com\/?post_type=theatre&p=1379"},"modified":"2023-09-14T19:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:38:42","slug":"performance-strategies-for-more-than-human-audiences","status":"publish","type":"theatre","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/performance-strategies-for-more-than-human-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance strategies for more-than-human audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I. humiliation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Move continuously to humiliate yourself. This can be done as a solo, duo, or group practice. Consider the following meanings:<\/p>\n

humiliate<\/em><\/p>\n

to lower to the earth (humus)<\/p>\n

to make foolish by injuring one\u2019s dignity<\/p>\n

to reduce to a lower position in one\u2019s own eyes or others\u2019 eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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II. decay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Inhabit decay.<\/p>\n

Allow each of your movements to grow on top of the previous one (like a fungus).<\/p>\n

Melt, rot, decompose.<\/p>\n

Invite the possibility for something unexpected to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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III. tick check<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Observe your skin in detail, especially pockets, folds, and corners. Look for ticks (small black dots). Use it as a reminder that you too are food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IV. playing dead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Find a place where you can be relatively still and \u201cplay dead\u201d[i]<\/a> for an extended amount of time (15 minutes or more recommended). <\/p>\n

What happens when you become quiet and still? How do your surroundings, and your perceptions of them, respond? What happens as you attempt to recede into the environment you find yourself in? What does it feel like to practice one\u2019s extinction as a survival mechanism?<\/p>\n

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playing dead variation a<\/strong>

If you feel constrained or overly confronted by the task of playing dead, consider a spectral dance interlude:

Dance to acknowledge the known and unknown beings whose decomposing material bodies are now part of the substrate for the living.<\/p>\n

Roam.<\/p>\n

Visit.<\/p>\n

Be haunted.<\/p>\n

Receive and transmit messages that could be interpreted in multiple ways.<\/p>\n

Vanish and reappear…<\/p>\n

~#~<\/p>\n

Leave something to support future generations.<\/p>\n

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playing dead variation b<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notice what is eating or digesting little pieces of you right now. Contemplate what might metabolize you in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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V. real, organic, all-natural, authentic movement\/preyer<\/em><\/h2>\n

[adapted from Authentic Movement, as developed by Mary Starks Whitehouse and taught to us by Katie Workum, hannah krafcik, and Yvonne Meier] <\/em><\/p>\n

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Take turns witnessing and being witnessed by your surroundings. You can decide in advance on an amount of time to spend in each phase, or toggle back and forth according to your own curiosity. When you are being witnessed, you may decide to close your eyes (if it is safe and comfortable to do so).<\/em><\/p>\n

When you are witnessing<\/em> (use these ideas and\/or add your own): <\/strong><\/p>\n

Let your attention roam\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026do an environmental scan using one of your senses, then another, then another<\/p>\n

\u2026sweep your focus in regular and random patterns<\/p>\n

\u2026let movement carry your focus from one aspect to the next<\/p>\n

\u2026look up<\/p>\n

\u2026look down<\/p>\n

\u2026don\u2019t look; close your eyes<\/p>\n

\u2026notice what touches you<\/p>\n

\u2026consider the points at which all senses become tactile<\/p>\n

\u2026witness yourself as part of what is happening<\/p>\n

\u2026witness the actions that are happening because of your presence<\/p>\n

\u2026witness the actions that do not happen because of your presence<\/p>\n

\u2026witness the processes that happen regardless of whether or not you are present<\/p>\n

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When you are being witnessed<\/em> (use these ideas and\/or add your own): <\/strong><\/p>\n

Allow yourself to be perceived by the environment\u2026<\/p>\n

…in 360\u00b0<\/p>\n

…in imprints + indentations<\/p>\n

…in touches, glances, and tones<\/p>\n

…close up and distanced<\/p>\n

…as part of and other<\/p>\n

…as imperceptible<\/p>\n

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[i]<\/a> also known as apparent death, playing possum, or feigning death and most typically performed by animals as a defense mechanism.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I. humiliation Move continuously to humiliate yourself. This can be done as a solo, duo, or group practice. Consider the following meanings: humiliate to lower to the earth (humus) to make foolish by injuring one\u2019s dignity to reduce to a lower position in one\u2019s own eyes or others\u2019 eyes II. decay Inhabit decay. Allow each […]","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/theatres\/1379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/theatres"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/theatre"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginedtheatres.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}