One of many amazing sunsets on Lake Michigan. I have been lucky to hang out on my friend Glenn Schaffner's boat this summer. The Maru is the name of the boat and you can find us at South Delta Four off the Monroe Harbor most Friday nights from June - October.
I often sit on the front of the boat and feel myself become one with the sped and movement of the boat. The scene of the city lights, the darkness of the water, fireworks overhead, it is heaven!
I try to stand and feel the way the water rocks my body and memorize the disorienting effect of shifting your weight with the waves hitting the boat.
My goal is to let this rocking inform my movement vocabulary.
When I have been on the boat for a while and I step onto land I still feel the rocking and shifting in my body. What is this and where is my body and mind when this occurs. How can I capture that moving and rocking in the work.
I have envisioned a moving set and hope I find funding to make it happen.
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