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

 

 


LAB PARTICIPANTS
a partial list of those who have done this work

 

 

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