Author: Jess Humphrey

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Paradox Praxis


“our bodies and minds are not two and not one…our bodies and minds are both two and one.” —Suzuki Roshi polarity → dipole  → binary → opposites → contradiction → paradox Paradoxes help me hold, leverage, surf, and transcend polarities. When a process (a dance, a body) can include both “sides” of a polarity at once as

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process

lush preview #2: lush is…


lush is voluminous lush is green this lush is fertile, fruitful and flowing…we feel fluid moving/in our bodies. A healthiness. An abundance. Physical and overflowing. lush is logical lush is soft lush is ease lush is LUSCIOUS lush is a wild animal lush takes its time lush is an introvert performed by extroverts a lush

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process

lush preview #1: Anya G magic


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Anya Gallaccio came to the beginning of our practice this week. She’s working on a sculpture to go in the garden of a school for disabled kids in Brussels and wanted some images of live bodies at this point in her process. She watched Eric and I dance and took some photos. The conversation, her presence.

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happened, offerings, teaching

Practice: a dancing intensive in San Diego


We invite you into a week of shared research of dance. We will re-claim, re-imagine, re-gurgitate, re-define and mine ways to practice, make, perform, and behold dancing. You must be 18 to participate. You are not too old. Please come and work with your body as it is. To register, please email us at: practiceadancingintensive@gmail.com

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happened, offerings, teaching, technique

8-Week Bartenieff Fundamentals Series


“an approach to basic body training that deals with patterning connections in the body according to principles of efficient movement functioning within a context which encourages personal expression and full psychophysical involvement.” -Peggy Hackney When & Where: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30pm, February 20th thru April 10th in ENS 200 at SDSU What: In this series, we will

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