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Please view this dance as a duet between Charlotte and me. Charlotte is actually the lead for most of it. I especially appreciate how she stood up and made the most movement when I lowered my gaze and came to stillness. She walked away and then came back and faced the camera for her solo, then sat, rapped her tail loudly on the floor and joined me in my low position of near stillness. I write these details because I think we sometimes overlook details and create hierarchy in our senses and judgements. Here the cat instead of the human is dominant and makes extremely sound compositional choices. This supports my theory that we all have an innate sense of composition (of course, we could discuss the definition of composition.....). I'll expound on that another time.

I also appreciate the light and how it erases my features at times and turns Charlotte into a glowing alien cat. Neat-O.

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A very satisfying trio with Amir Milstein (flute) and Haggai Cohen Milo (bass).

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Another exploration of the night setting on the camera and dancing in the dark. Much less visibility than the last night video but I enjoy the cats streaming in and out, blurry and disappearing/reappearing from behind the furniture.

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MAKE SURE YOUR VOLUME IS UP A LITTLE TO FULLY ENJOY THIS VIDEO.

This dance was clearly motivated by the sound of these shoes. It is almost unbelievable that all of that squooshly noise is the shoes themselves. There is also a significant contribution towards the end from the creak of the floorboards.

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The music heard in these videos was live streaming from Deep Tones for Peace Now at Mobius. The first piece was Larry Roland on bass and the second and third pieces/sections were John Voigt on bass. Check out Mobius for more details about Deep Tones for Peace. I guess these were my dances for peace.....although every dance is for peace and freedom....inner and outer. Allpeopleallplacealltimeallspace.

Oh yeah, cats for peace too.

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This video is my first experiment with using the "night" setting on the camera. There is something intriguing about dancing in the light of the night. I hope to explore this more!
And, oh yes, my big grin is in response to the conversation you can overhear from man standing nearby on the sidewalk talking on his cell. HILARIOUS!!!!