a performance of offering
"Rather than depend on the audience for energy, we learn
the art
of
sourcing ourselves.
Regenerating and reinventing
ourselves
as
sources
of
energy, power
and most of all: presence.
The reason for becoming
as “sources unto ourselves” is not
for
any deadend narcissism but
to
return
to our audiences
inside a greater force of presence
and
generosity,
in a
performance
of offering."
-- excerpted from
STATE OF
EMERGENCE,
a paratheatre manifesto by Antero Alli
THE WORKBOOK

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Table of Contents and excerpts
"Towards an Archeology of the Soul"
A
Paratheatrical Workbook by Antero Alli & Friends
Vertical Pool, 2003.
272 pages;
illustrated; paperback.
Towards
an Archeology of the Soul outlines
the principles, techniques and
underlying ethos of a comprehensive ritual technology
for Self-initiation
developed by Antero Alli (since 1977). Drawing
from physical theatre, dance
and Zazen meditation, this ritual
without dogma looks to the bodys own
vital
instincts to motivate movement, sound, characterization
and mythos. This
workbook can act as a practical guide to catalyze
solo and group rituals and
includes articles by and interviews with noted
ritualists and performers.
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THREE PARATHEATRE VIDEO DOCUMENTS (DVD)

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video clips and purchasing information
ARCHAIC COMMUNITY (1991; 77 min.)
ORPHANS OF DELIRIUM (2004; 84 min.)
CRUX (1999; 80 min.)
AUDIO CD

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(2004-05) This recording represents the fruition of the
three-month
"SONG AS VEHICLE" lab where ten
participants
worked on
one song each chosen from their genetic ancestry
and then,
performed and recorded them in solos, duets, trios,
quartets
and cacophonies in the Marin Headland bunkers.

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