Undulating Ungulate

The weekend:

Show went well, considering. We had quite a chaotic lead in – I was cobbled in about four days before the performance – the script was still being written and revised – we had one actual rehearsal, which was the dress rehearsal.

But yeah. We pulled off two shows in a day, technical glitches and all, and somehow it seemed to be a success. Live, it was a combination of dance based on movements generated by the audience at the start of the show, a narrative being read aloud with silent very stylised acting, and more general improvised dance, all of which was being filmed in real time, manipulated by VJs and projected on the backdrop of the stage while we performed. The director is talking about bringing it back in a few months, with further elaboration – seems like this is part one of a more elaborate story. So we will see. Was certainly a fun and interesting experience.

Then on Sunday morning I staggered off to Software Freedom Day, and ran a barcamp session on the Sekret Community Project thing I have been thinking on for the last little while. It was my first experience with the barcamp/open space style of event organisation, and it seemed to work pretty well. My session had a way bigger turnout than I’d expected, and generated a good discussion, and hopefully some enthused bodies. Pretty happy with the outcome since I didn’t have anything like a coherent plan going in.

Strange days.

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