dreambody/earthbody lab Spring 2008
Twice a week for seven weeks to develop choreography originating in night dreams.
All vets and advanced newbies; no performance.
beginners' mind lab Autumn 2007
Twice a week for eight weeks for rituals empowering the energetic body.
Primarily newbies; no performance.
chakra lab Spring 2007
Once a week for eight weeks, each session explores a different chakra
Veteran participants only. Private; no performance.
song and a prayer Autumn 2006
Working with the intersection of melody, song, movement and action
This lab shifted its intention twice in its duration. Public witnessing.
alchemy Spring/Summer 2006
Non-performance lab exploring the internal landscape as alchemical process
Mapping the process with a series of self-created mandalas; wilderness trip
two-faced clowns/experiments in hypocrisy Fall/Winter 2005
Performance lab focussing chiefly on character development
Comic charaterizations stemming from personal and social sources of hypocrisy
techniques Spring 2005
Returning to the basic infrastructure of this ritual technology
A techniques clinic for developing specific physical, vocal and ritual skills
song-as-vehicle Fall/Winter 2004
Immersion in songs of personal ancestry and their ritual actions
Towards the embodiment of a song within an intercultural context; wilderness trip
This lab culminated in performance
initiations Winter 2003/04
Developing ritual forms for triggering sudden exposures to initiatic experience
Heightening commitment to physicality as preparation for public performance
This lab culminated in performance and a dvd
trinity Summer 2002
Towards the discovery of core life trinities
Triadic ritual structures of worship; the personal holy trinity
ancestors Autumn 2001
Towards an archeology of the family soul
Identifying and embodying clan-defining needs, patterns & stories
anima/animus Spring 2001
the Masculine/Feminine archetypes as autonomous forces
Merging with, disengaging from and relating with the Anima and the Animus
dreaming rituals Winter 2000
Dreams as a vital movement resource
Non-interpretive dreamwork for the active body; dream-informed choreography
c r u x Summer 1999
Unearthing non-sectarian crucifixion archetypes
Exposing personal points of worship (video available); Antero Alli interview
DVD available
archaic community Autumn 1991
The discovery of how rituals work without dogma
Seattle paratheatre experiment turned video document
DVD available
dreambody/earthbody lab
Spring 2008. Lab report by Antero Alli
Notes & observations from indoors to Mt. Tamalpais.
beginners' mind lab
Autumn 2007. Lab reports from newcomers.
A return to the basic fundametals of this medium.
ritual mandalas
Spring/Summer 2006. Alchemy lab ritual mandalas
by the participants mapping their transformations.
experiments in compassion report
Sept - Dec, 2005. Journal Entries by Antero Alli
What started out as two-faced clowns turned into...
the
techniques lab -- devices
March - May, 2005. Journal Entries
by Antero Alli and Participants
Various
forms, skills, and structural components of this
medium.
song-as-vehicle
lab -- terms & defintions
Sept.- Dec., 2004. Journal Entries
by Antero Alli
The
ritual sources, techniques and forms used to build
the song as vehicle.
initiation
lab notes
2003/04. Journal Entries by Antero
Alli
Tracking
the development from private ritual towards public
performance
trinity
lab notes
2002. Journal
Entries by Antero Alli
The
charged trinary circuit of "Muse", "My
Body" and "Ancestors"
ancestors
lab notes
2001. Journal
Entries by Antero Alli
Comprehensive
ritual structures, observations and impressions
anima/animus
lab notes
2001. Journal
Entries by Antero Alli
Visual,
physical and emotional
impacts received from the Anima force
dreaming
ritual notes
2000. Journal
Entries by Antero Alli
Following
the internal landscape of dreams into physical forms
and ritual actions
crux: interview with antero
1999. Examination of non-sectarian crucifixtion archetypes