Thoughts and Ideas 8/1

Conversation Starter

• Reluctance to engage. Have you ever been invited to participate in an artistic endeavor that was tangential to your interests? It might be small, an afternoon, an exercise in class. It might be larger, a workshop, a performance. You might have said yes, you might have then felt your discomfort zone triggered. You might have said no. Talk about these occurrences and the outcomes.

• Memory Fields. Many, perhaps most, of our memories are not entire stories, rather snippets; images that evoke place, time, and sense memories. They provide clues to our stories, our paths and influences. Strung together they create an artistic palette of life. Write out or verbalize some of those fields.

Creative Experiment

Improv movement based off a memory field or a triggered and engaged discomfort zone experience.

Escape and Inspiration

• Art: First Sunday Free admission at the NHCC Visual Art Museum. This Sundayalso enjoy creative dramatic movement and futuristic costume making, part of Dia de Familia: Visiones del Futuro https://www.nhccnm.org/venue/art-museum/

• Music: Globalquerque is bringing The Lemon Bucket Orkestra to the Albuquerque Museum amphitheater, a Canadian based band known for it's Balkan, Klezmer, Gypsy, Party, Punk sound. Wednesday Aug. 3rd, 7pm, discussion panel at 6pm. $20 https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/

• Podcast: Listen to Paul Scolieri discuss his new biography "Ted Shawn, His Life, Writings, and Dances" https://www.jacobspillow.org/festival/talks-tours/pillowtalks/

• Dance: in Santa Fe, August 4th, 5th, 6th, New Century Dance Project presents National Dance Festival Lands in Northern New Mexico, three concerts highlighting three different levels of over 30 choreographers. https://newcenturydanceproject.org/concerts/

• Touring: Stars of the American Ballet at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, August 5th and 6th. https://secure.performancesantafe.org/events?view=list