SCHOOL OF DISAPPEARANCE | Encounters In The Being Of Phenomena

CONTENT

We will introduce the seven concentrations of The School as points of orientation to phenomena that present in our working together. This is a practice in meeting situations, as they unfold in real-time and space.
The Concentrations are 1. Body, 2. Space, 3. Time, 4. Subject, 5. Composition, 6. Event, 7. Appearance.
The practice centers around what we term the sensory-perceptual encounter, as fundamental to a physically grounded phenomenological inquiry. We practice meeting what is; in other words, we suspend received concepts and modes of organization and in particular, the naming function, as primary strategies in the orientation to things. Rather, we feel what comes to us and our desire to move toward or away. In so doing, we cultivate creation, of our selves and our worlds. We give over also to being created, by each other and by worlds that contain us. In Disappearance terms, this process is called embedment.

FORM

There will be periods of movement/stillness in meeting our environments, both internal and external. We will come together for periods of reflection and languaging of our direct experience. The video interface, its impact and potentialities will be integrated, and approached with a spirit of curiosity.

WHO MAY BENEFIT?

As the School prioritizes physically integrated lived experience, dancers, choreographers and somatically oriented therapeutic professionals tend to be drawn to the work. However, as the student body itself determines the School’s trajectories at any given time, we welcome the curious across artistic and professional disciplinary boundaries.

For any questions, email: disappearance.project@gmail.com