This website introduces a paratheatre medium complete
unto itself with its own principles, techniques and terms.
This medium combines elements of theatre, movement,
song and Zazen within an asocial group ritual dynamic
to access, express and embody the internal landscape.

This work is documented in three videos, the workbook
"Towards an Archeology of the Soul", and actualized in
ongoing ritual labs, demonstrations and performances.
Participation by interview. Contact information at
bottom of page. All inquiries welcomed.

Lab Participation Prequisites

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who we are and what we do

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THREE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS WORK

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After three decades of working in this paratheatre medium I have noticed three overlapping phases through which this process develops and evolves. These stages unfold as an intrinsically entwined continuum -- no graduations, no final arrivals -- with each stage nurturing the others. -- Antero Alli

 

IMMERSION. The first stage involves cultivating enough internal receptivity -- via the No-Form experience -- to energy sources in the body to offer oneself up to these sources as an immersive experience of self-surrender. The intent is to access the energetic strata of the internal landscape by merging (identifying) with the energy itself. The results are often ecstatic, convulsive, cathartic and chaotic.

SERVICE. The second stage involves serving the direction of the energy itself -- in gesture, voice, action -- towards expressing the innate patterns and currents emerging from the first stage. The intent is to serve the expression of the energy itself, rather than identify with it or impose any preconceived ideas, plans or images. The results are often half-formed, dramatic and/or highly expressive yet without necessarily communicating anything understandable.

PRECISION. The third stage involves a sustaining care for tempering spontaneity with a gently increasing precision. Too much spontaneity turns the work into self-indulgent soup; too much imposed structure kills its life. A balance must be struck. This balance requires a certain stamina for maintaining the dynamic tension between precision and spontaneity, between form and force, or flow, towards ever-increasing durations. Stage three articulates what can be shared with and understood by others. The results are often more economical, distilled, simple and specific.

 

For more details:
CELLULAR CHOREOGRAPHY

 

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artifacts, interviews, manifesto, essays

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CONTACT POINTS
All inquiries welcome.

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