Ingrid and I go tomorrow to Essen, to meet William and have an intensive week of work. I'm looking forward to re-engage materialy with the choreography...

2010.11.09 and one week later

the work with William is going well, we've been developing different variations and materials quite consistently out of the same basic process of sourcing body postures out of photos connected to the history of the disappearances and the last dictatorship in Argentina. the work feels already quite rich. we had a few guests coming to watch our rehearsal today, and they triggered some thoughts that I published in the blog.

2010.11.02 second week

today I started working with William. Ingrid left on Saturday night, and now we started researching the second 'solo' material. the work with Will adresses a universe of body postures as an anchor to try to relate to the historical bodies of the disappeared in Argentina's last dictatorship. please look into the blog for more information.

2010.10.26 in Potsdam

2 nights ago Ingrid and me arrived in Fabrik Potsdam and have already been working quite intensively on 'Disappear'. as usual, this space is feels very welcoming and inspiring. please read our blog to know more about our working process.

2010.10.15 started disappearing

today we had a first working session together with Ingrid Berger Myhre and Lotte Wijers, reading fragments of the 'Nunca más' report and working on maps, sketches and descriptions of the Clandestine Detention Centers. please check our blog.

2010.10.14 new collaborators

yesterday I met with Firat Can Coşkun and Robin Koek, MA students of electronic music at the HKU, who will collaborate with our work for 'Disappear' in the research weeks at Dansmakers Amsterdam. Robin and Firat will design sound for our presentation, working around the ideas of traces, absence, presence and of sound's part in mapping the space. it was great meeting them and discussing ideas, I think they are a very promising incorporation...

2010.10.04 preparing disappearing

a couple of days ago I came back to Amsterdam, and I'm getting busy again with the preparations for the residencies-research processes for 'Disappear'. still no better title has appeared, but I think it's probably fine, more related to the fact that things are still in a research stage, and the (new) work is still finding its identity. I realized that the naming has a lot to do with the idea of a choreography or arriving at some sort of product phase (that's why it was so difficult to name the work in Tucuman, and it stayed 'Disappear', since the conditions didn't really get to be those of producing a new choreography). in any case, the ideas continue to grow slowly, and I try to overcome my fears of going into a studio to direct a rehearsal again after many long months of being engaged with other works.

I will take the space to add that, after working there for a week (in the presentations of 'The H alf' and 'Squint'), I feel very excited again to continue developing this project in Fabrik Potsdam. it might well be the most serious, supporting and engaging institution in which I've had the opportunity to work. their residency program led by Ulrike Melzwig represents an invaluable space for the development of (contemporary) dance and performance. unfortunately the support provided by the German Tanzplan is coming to an end and I think they are finding difficulties to find proper alternative sources. I hope a solution can be found to allow for continuity for such an important workspace.

2010.09.15 cultural policy in The Netherlands

the coming cabinet proposes terribly regressive cultural policies: brutal budget cuts, cancellation of the WWIK subsidy for artists and raising of taxes for cultural activities and workers. please check the following website for a petition against these measures and for activities supporting the petition:
http://stopculturelekaalslag.nl/

2010.08.30 updated reloaded relaunched

finally it's up and running! welcome to the updated version of morethanhuman.com.ar - the changes are more functional than aesthetical, but i also took the opportunity to tweak the design a bit. the visuals are now a bit simpler, though keeping the overall appearance. the contents are (finally) up to date, particularly the new pages for the works i did in the last year in The Netherlands, México and Argentina. the structure was reprogrammed to be more html / php based (rather than one big Flash block) so that it can load faster and things can be linked separately, which I very much appreciate. navigation should be a bit easier and faster now.

2010.08.22 developing concepts

at the moment we are working intensely in the preparations of 2 new performances. 'Encounter' is a performance for an audience of about 15 people who go, one at a time, through a short but intsense meeting. the space invites the spectators to reflect and wonder about the differences and similarities of their experiences.
in the frame of the Project Disappear, I will work together with performers Ingrid Berger Myhre and William Collins towards a new piece. the research will take place in residencies at Fabrik Potsdam and Dansmakers Amsterdam, during October and November 2010.
the preparations are also the arena where we are developing the collaboration with scenographer and designer Maria Noel Dourron and dramaturge Lotte Wijers.

2010.08.17 blog-o-like

I added to this website the blog-like section that I use in my personal website, in the hope that I will be able to post brief and up-to-date comments regularly. though in the end it's not so much a technical or design problem as a matter of time and dedication. let's see how much I manage...

2010.08.16 in pre-production

hopefully i will soon have (more) news about the performance "Encounter" and the "Project Disappear"