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I'm so excited to
share with you my latest project! Since I began to photograph
dancers, I've had the vision to create a deck of tarot cards
with photos of dancers to represent the archetypes (using Contact Improv and Authentic Movement as approaches to finding genuine expressions of the archetypes.) I've been incubating the idea, researching, and trying things out, and I'm ready to start working on the first 22 images—The Major Arcana. It's quite an ambitious project and will require an investment in time, energy, and money. Right now the financial side is where I need your help to get things going.
Thanks for any support you are able to offer! Even a few dollars helps. There are various incentives for the different pledge levels - at $50 and up you get a copy of the entire deck of 22 cards!
In Gratitude,
Moti Mark Zemelman
3/22/10 Selections from a Contact Improvisation duet with Martin Keogh and Neige Christenson, filmed in Waltham, MA. Music overlay is "Sangye" by Kirby Shelstad.
1/5/10 Kirk, spock, mccoy and uhura beam down to uncharted planet in paxton-stark-smith quadrant and discover human-like race of contact improvisors. DNE 2008 Skit, Written and Directed by Peter Heller:
8/7/09
Check out Collin Leach's Aquaticontact underwater explorations :
"When I improvise, there is a lot more I'm deciding not to do, than I am deciding to do in my body" (Lisa Nelson)
In looking for improvisational systems that could encompass the particularities of the choreographic craft and still remain spontaneous and co-directed, I devised the Tuning Scores…With the scores, we play with our desire to compose experience, to make our imaginations visible, to develop a sense of ensemble, and to transform our movement into dancing.” — Lisa Nelson
Commitment creates freedom.
When you commit to a movement,
you make it with your whole body.
When you commit to a feeling,
your passion will give power to your message.
When you commit to a dance,
your feeling reaches beyond your limitations.
When you commit to your path,
give yourself over to your way of growth, Magic happens...
obstacles get out of your way, mountains lay down before you,
the sky opens up above you,
and you will find yourself transformed.
