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functioning
as a strange attractor.
As a system between people this “Cloud” would provide a sort of
“Net
of Irresponsibility” (anarchy) that could support, affect, or hold and
contain form
(responsibility.) Two important discussions with Jose
Gil evolved to his remark to
me that the importance of today’s theatre would rest on the possibility
for the
“Declension of Emotion” (Jose Gil). This was entirely his
formation of
concept but provided me with a driving force related to the person and
communication
against which my experiments were situated. I had for many
years worked with anarchy as a
structural premise. However, I had only created short form
anarchic structures which
alternated with formal concerns rather than becoming integrated into
formal concerns.
Defining according to time, the architectonic hierarchy of a
choreography, -- moment -to-
moment, --small units of time, -- units of time
compared, --and overall structures, I
then chose to put anarchy as the principle form of work within the
moment-to-moment
structuring of long sections of choreography. The other
hierarchical levels of
decision making were influenced by this decision, but remained
primarily with the
choreographer. However, after working on THREAD, I had received
much feedback from
dancers who had feared actual physical injury in the process of
conflict of wills we had
achieved in the anarchy of THREAD. There was a need for a
balancing factor as well
as anarchy for the next piece. FAUST BY PESSOA
became the real expose of the idea
“Responsible Anarchy,” which by then had been developing for about five
years.
The total form of the piece relied on a movement from general
chaotic structures to
organizational unisons. I chose Pessoa’s autobiographical Faust because
of his
personal attachment to what I call the “Space of Unknowing” where the
fact of
bewilderment causes one to focus peripherally and centrally at the same
moment. The
source itself was naturally stimulating in the areas of interest for my
explorations..… I know your use of the words “Responsible
Anarchy” as a
title for Aat’s article is not an intentional appropriation. I
also know of
your respect for my work, and I am so grateful for your support
overall. I hope that
my letter does not cause you discomfort. …I would
hope you could offer me a
chance to set the story straight in your magazine by inviting an
article which would
contain the history and development of the concept, and reveal the
authorship of this
idea. Please do answer, as you must know this is quite important
to me. Sincerely MF
Johannes did of course answer and we had a remarkable and
interesting talk that ended in
my writing the Post Cards that follow. This was the initiation of
the Post Card
concept in the magazine Tanz Aktuell.
