angela woodhouse MAPP

 Dear MAPP Community, As I reflect on the issue of writing, following Peter's presentation this last week I was reminded of French philosopher Jaques Derrida who so wonderfully articulated the process for himself in a beautiful text 'Memoirs of the Blind; The Self-Portrait and Other Ruins' - I offer some of his thoughts here in which he talks of an exercise of writing without seeing: ' What happens when one writes without seeing? A hand of the blind ventures forth alone or disconnected, in a poorly delimited space; it feels its way, it gropes, it caresses as much as it inscribes, trusting in the memory of signs and supplimenting sight. It is as if the lidless eye had opened at the tip of the fingers, as if one eye too many had grown right next to the nail, a single eye, the eye of the cyclops or one-eyed man. This eye guides the tracing of the outline ( Trace); it is a miner's lamp at the point of writing, a curious and vigilant substitute, the prosthesis of the se...

 Dear All, We look forward to some of you joining us for the talk with Freddie Opoku-Addaie, artist, curator and newly appointed director of Dance Umbrella, this afternoon at 3pm. Here below he offers more on his work (zoom link at the end of this email): Freddie Opoku-Addaie - https://freddieopoku-addaie.com/   IN/OUT OF THE SYSTEMS!! The option to see the pattern/set/rules takes on its own meaning/Widening the centre from the get go…. watch today-comma-40-bloomberg-space   Building on my work 'Show of Hands' and upcoming iteration and building Creative Team to collaborate on this.. https://vimeo.com/76052998 “Gathering the Hands the feeds you”   What type of collaborators best feed my (your) practice and inspire excavation into the subject:l/narrative     Movement as the first and primal form of communication from   at birth - there is movement then the cry     Techniques of carving wood in different to...

 Dear MAPP Community, I hope you are doing well and becoming familiar with your resources if you have just joined. As part of our program we are curating a number of artist visits (via Zoom). On Friday 26th February we are pleased to welcome dance artist and curator Freddie Opoku Addaie.  The workshop/ talk will be at 2-4pm UK time. You are very welcome to join us- here is the link:   Topic: Freddie Opoku-Addaie Time: Feb 26, 2021 02:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91960614394?pwd=dlBPMXR5ODF3dEpuaXRWUW5UbC9ydz09 Meeting ID: 919 6061 4394 Passcode: 481025 Here is Freddie's website: https://freddieopoku-addaie.com/ Enjoy learing about his work.  Do let me know if you are able to attend   Best wishes Angela

Dear MAPP students,   I would like to start a conversation around choreographic languages.  To start us off I have posted here some links to works that might span some notions of what constitutes dance.  We could direct our focus on languages from a number of points of view.  Please do have a look and share your thoughts. You can also offer your own links to widen the debate (as one arises):     Mette Edvardsen (Norway) Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine (2010 - ) http://www.metteedvardsen.be/projects/thfaitas.html   Hatain Patel Let’s Talk About This (2014) http://www.hetainpatel.com/projects/lets-talk-about-dis-2014/   William Forsythe Choreographic Objects https://www.williamforsythe.com/williamforsythe.html   Freddie Opoku-Addaie Show of Hands https://freddieopoku-addaie.com/2014/03/29/show-of-hands-2/