My working hypothesis for the history project (working title) states that "the standard narrative timeline" is a work of fiction which–it being historically inaccurate–requires effort to maintain. "The standard narrative timeline" is what I call that version of dance history that all professionals trained in dance in the West will be somewhat familiar with. This version of dance history says that through selective criticism of existing standards modern dance developed "from" ballet, postmodern dance developed "from" modern dance, etc.

the history project (working title)

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milano, may 2022

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this is the second working residency on the history project (working title). the residency is hosted by PimOff, in Milano, Italy.

collaborator: Edvard Stokstad

external collaborator, super-viser: Alys Longley

2022-05-22

2022-06-08

what's in an order?

there is an order.

these are in order.

what order are they in?

#adhd

2022-05-26

eddie and pav's notes

2022-05-26

alys longley's notes

2022-05-26

erlend auestad danielson's notes

2022-05-26

anne salmi's notes

2022-05-23

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what is the history project (working title)?

the history project (working title) is a storytelling project. the history project (working title) is a dance.

"how do i treat everything that we’re doing as a somatic experience of the thing itself? so it’s both a philosophical and a physical [...] inquiry."

edvard and i arrived in milano on tuesday, the 17th of may, 2022. we've settled in at pimoff, did not take a nap, then found our way to teatro alla scala.

we are here to study history. a fact. we cannot escape the present. another fact. dancing is a way to address this conundrum, this contradiction without trying to resolve it.

the history project (working title) isn't about resolving contradictions, it is about emphasising them, feeling them, bearing the weight of them, and moving (with) them. herein lies the thought experiment, therefrom emerges the dance.

2022-05-25

2022-05-31

a poem by anne salmi sent to pav in an instagram message:

This is what I viewed..
I was on my phone.

I think I there were other faces too.

And there was an itteresting moment when sudenly in all the open cameras someone moved at the same time in a similar way

It was when someone came to take pictures