Sunday, August 29, 2010 — 7pm
come back for vids of the performance!
see more sweet moves here!
ForYourArt presents Public Art Party a day-long celebration of art in Beverly Hills featuring special events, food, performances, artist and curator-led tours, hands-on activities for kids and teens and special prizes.
bodycity is scheduled to perform at 1:30 and 3pm!
art in public!
Check out the event info here: For Your Art Brochure and Map
bodycity is a democratic dance. A collection of bodies. In motion and in stillness. Stillness and motion. Motion even when things seem utterly still.
bodycity deconstructs dance, in a way – stripping away it’s mask of exclusivity, its trappings of technique, its underpinnings of achievement.
bodycity is all lowercase.
bodycity has been used, reappropriated, credited and invoked by others – but it only has its true owners in those who nurture the democracy. Who understand that it cannot be understood, and must instead be flexible, malleable, sweaty, pensive and and and connected to the Earth, and each other.
bodycity is a gathering, a laying on of hands. It is a nickname, and that is OK.
bodycity is Avatar. Avatar is soooo bodycity. Have you seen that movie? They get it, those Na’vii. They connect to each other and the Earth, and together move to transform even death. Except for Sigourney Weaver’s character.
And anyway bodycity is weird, and it’s hard, and it needs to be tended to like a child.
And bodycity is WOMEN. Really, in the truest and deepest sense, it is. Because we women have cultivated, and cut, and sewn and performed. And put our WOMAN-NESS out there → and we’ve called it bodycity.
And so to define it is hard – but don’t worry. When you see it, you will know that something was real.
~Madeline
bodycity is a collection of women, of friends and artists. We are together moving using our bodies, making things, creating dance. We are inspired by our city. We celebrate it’s every bit, a piece of trash, a beautiful tree, the mountains, the bars, the young folks, the old, the workers. We share each other. We are unafraid, we like weird. We don’t shy from awkward or ugly, but look at it again and find it’s essential beauty—we like humanness. We don’t take ourselves seriously, but revel also in our seriousness and commitment to exploration. We are a bit of a conundrum.
We embrace our individuality but easily fold into each other’s direction, picture that changes, moving landscape. We are real. We are so realistic, we project realness. We explore. We are unafraid and also full of fear, but we look at it—we are utterly human. We look for leaders and followers, we are both. We try not to think about things too hard, just live in them—the body does the thinking. The mind has the idea, the body does the thinking. We are collected—we have a language, we share commonality. We share the city. We perform. We care. We care a lot.
~Lake
bodycity is an open and collaborative dance troupe developing choreographies and participatory movement workshops for the last 5 years in the LA area. Dedicated to organic expression playing itself out in relation to unique or inspiring spaces in unconventional venues. Bodycity celebrates the body impulse. As a dance democracy, our choreographic development is spawned from collective brainstorming to create a rudimentary structure upon which each dancer/choreographer is allowed to invoke kinds of movement or parts of what eventually becomes the totality of the dance. Part of choreographing is moving, it is also teaching, listening, adapting to one anothers’ visions. Because of its openness as well as its shifting membership, bodycity is a continually morphing and shifting organism, each piece a unique expression of a collective impulse.
~Ali Hyman
a way of contextualizing bodies moving through, or still in a city. We are fond of natural places, of creating a language of dance as a way to look at the world. To inspire in others a sense of possibility in their bodies. Dance is one word for a practice of looking. We are a collective, non hierarchical, creating dialog each time with eachother and the locations (sites) where we move….we look for the fantastic, the laughable, the hilarious, the absurd… bring other humans to notice what is already there, engagement with, laughter, then joy and wonder. 6 women with a strong history, a language, growing together and apart—with a thread of the centrality of the body in interacting with this city, with a river, a steep hill, a staircase. How do we adapt? Homologous structures and relating through understanding how we all always choreograph, have choreographed—in the signs of a city
~katie
body city is vinegar kisses. We are archaeologists of the inside. We are friendly people/ladies. We are always probing and throwing piles up into the air. We are silly. We are the straight man in an epic comedy. We are firestarters. We are toe-breakers and menders of old clothes. We are the celebration and the celebrants. bodycity is a road trip. bodycity is a non group group. We are a collection of fantasy. We are interested in what’s real. We borrow, we steal, we bow to other body gods. It is not what we had in mind. It’s sometimes intentional. We use the tools we have and invent the rest. we give big hugs to the outside. We invite in nature. We nurture the itch. bodycity is a pleasant argument. bodycity is the discussion that happens again — or did it not happen ever? bodycity is a project. it’s a reason to spend time. It is the fire in the middle of our week. It is a lovely little bouncing ball. bodycity is an ode to this time. bodycity likes space. bodycity is breathing.
~cristina
bodycity is:
a dance democracy
a navigational experiment
a collection of voluntary particles
At its best, bodycity is a performance troupe that challenges an accepted notion of “dance”. We are a collective of artists from varied disciplines who have agreed to come together, in a physically-mentally-psychically dedicated fashion, in order to better explore the boundaries of our contextual terrain. We are women, academics, laborers, curators, educators, translators, and students. We are concerned for our collective future and have a vested interest in expanding how we come to understand each other and our roles in building what comes next. We are actively building what comes next.
We are the architects of our intentions.
~meagan yellott
stills from Jacinto’s film.
Please join us for the closing reception of Practicing Moving:
Saturday, December 19, 8pm-10pm
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Showing new videos produced during the 5-week run of Practicing Moving by Krysten Cunningham, Jacinto Astiazarán, and Fritz Haeg. bodycity will also lead some gently movements.

Come and build cities with Fritz Haeg, Jacinto Astiazarán and bodycity!
Building Cities Video Project
Saturday, Dec. 12th
11:30-2pm
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
2225 COLORADO BLVD. LOS ANGELES CA 90041

Practicing Moving with Fritz Haeg, bodycity and Jacinto Astiazarán. We will build bodycities and Jacinto will shoot and cut together a video. Expect a full spectrum of experience. The rules are simple, come in comfortable clothes and have a conversation, build the foundation, add on, start/stop. One person starts, finds a position, another responds with another position, then another, then other, until we have a mass of bodies quietly striking poses, or cities, together… All humans are welcome.
The video will be screened at the closing event of Practicing Moving at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts on December 19th, 7-10pm
Visit Fritz Haeg’s website for more information about Practicing Moving:
http://www.fritzhaeg.com/schoolhouse/projects/practicing-moving.html
http://www.fritzhaeg.com/webvideo/practicing-moving-lan.mov



You are invited!
bodycity is joinging Fritz Haeg for a weekly exploration of movement practice.
+ Come to the OPENING tomorrow
Saturday, November 14th, 8-10pm
2225 Colorado Boulevard
bodycity will lead a warm up. See the project headquarters and display. View the new photos by Eve Fowler. There will be some produce from that mornings farmers market.
+ Join Fritz for DAILY MOVEMENT PRACTICE Mondays — Saturdays, noon — 2pm, (except Nov 26 — Dec 1) as he hosts an open forum for warm-ups, stretches, exercises, or whatever sort of movement you want to lead, follow or practice.
bodycity will be moving with Fritz on Saturdays, 12-2pm. All are welcome to join, follow & lead.
+ Visit the HEADQUARTERS Mondays through Fridays, 10am — 6pm or Saturdays 10am– 2pm.
+ Come to the CLOSING event and video screening Saturday, December 19th, 7-10pm. Watch the videos by Jacinto Astiazarán of dance projects by bodycity and Sundown Schoolhouse.
COLLABORATORS:
Photographs by Eve Fowler - http://www.evefowler.com
Videos by Jacinto Astiazarán - http://www.jacintoishere.com
OPEN CALL:
To schedule a time and topic for movement practice (Mon — Sat, noon — 2pm, except Nov 26 — Dec 1) contact Fritz at studio@fritzhaeg.com. Or just drop by to practice, lead or teach whatever you have to share: stretching, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, headstands, breathing, acrobatics, Alexander Technique, improvisational dance exercises, etc., and invite others to join.
MORE INFO:
Sundown Schoolhouse webpage:
http://www.fritzhaeg.com/schoolhouse/projects/practicing-moving.html
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
http://www.centerartseaglerock.org
2225 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90041

bodycity has been working on a very special dance. We are honored to participate in another Sharon’s Farm (remember edgecity?), but this time we will be dancing in a magical amphitheater in the back yard of two esteemed patrons of the arts. Yes, they took their awesome Altadena backyard slope and excavated it into a mossy amphitheater. Every crook and cranny is sprung with plant life. Lizards dance amongst the rocks and terracotta masks wink at you. It is an intoxicating place, especially if you bring a bottle of wine. Picnic with us this Saturday for an evening of original plays and our humble plant dance:
Prom Night Productions Presents
SHARON’S FARM
An Open Air Evening of New Theater, Dance & Music. It’s FREE!
WHEN: 8 PM, Saturday August 1
WHERE: FOLLY BOWL, www.paintedsurfaces.net
1601 E. Loma Alta Dr., Altadena, CA 91001
BRING seat cushions, a picnic & beverage of your choice & your sweater
ARRIVE between 7 & 7:30 PM to ensure a seat and enjoy your picnic!
DIRECTIONS: 134 Freeway to Pasadena, Exit Lake Ave.
Go North 2.7 miles, Right on Alta Dena Dr.
Go .8 mile, Left on Porter. Entrance is at Porter & Loma Alta, Street Parking (rain cancels)
In Order of Playing & Artists/Performers:
“Nina” written and directed by Hank Bunker
with Barry Sherman, Mike Wiles, Joe Sikora and Kadina de Elejalde
“House of Miracles” written and directed by Guy Zimmerman
with Corryn Cummins, Gregory Littman and Gray Palmer
“Dance The Plant Like,” a Dance Performance by bodycity
with Lake Sharp, Madeline Baugh, Alexis Hyman and Jennifer Lehman
“Teeth” written and directed by Wesley Walker
with Gill Gayle, Andrew Hopper and Lisa Littman
“Hidden Hills” written and directed by Sharon Yablon
with Kim Debus, Niamh McCormally and Christopher Kelley
MUSICIANS:
Andrew Pask/saxophones & clarinets
Steuart Liebig/contrabass guitars
Stephen Rowe/guitar & vocals
Did we mention that the musicians are composing music especially for us?
So cool! Hope to see you there!
hi friends,
come participate in a movement exploration of debs park in hermon on sunday at 3pm. bring instruments!
bodycity will have a small performance at 4:30, then we will pot-luck at the top of the hill at the pond … bring a dish to share!
enter off of monterey road drive to the end of the lot and trot up the stairs:
See you there!

Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you. But this collaboration is big. Not big, like a had a pretty big sandwich today. Big, like a mountain covered in old growth forest and inhabited by an aged gnome who knows all, grants wishes and visualizes visceral images beyond your wildest dreams.
LIGHT + bodycity = l o v e and there’s plenty to go around. Put that together with Billygoat and you’ve got a happening too big to miss.
Today! Thursday, May 14 from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. it comes true. Billygoat, LIGHT and bodycity fill the space at the downtown arts walk at 410 Spring Street.
We want you and you want this.