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jennifer clarke

jenniferlclarke

About Me

artist - professional dancer. freelance, i choreograph, etc, focus on contact improvisation and improvisation. music and sound. i practice yoga. ashtanga. sustains my sanity. i teach it. enjoy humility. have a good amount of plants. i need more sleep.
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below are two videos of my performance. the second one is a performance called SPRAY with sound score by the super fabulous Secret Mommy which we collaborated on. the orginal version of this song appears on his album Plays.
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please note: all dance shots by Chris Randle, head on screen shot by Madoka Hara

March 2007

"Spray" @ Fluid Festival

My Interests

Highly Unlikely but Very Serious - a new work of mine premiering at EDAM at the Western Front on September 12 - 22, 2007. Choreography by myself, danced by Amber Funk Barton, Jessica Fletcher and Meghan Goodman. Music by myself and the fantastic and admirable Lee Hutzulak.more information on this fine event to follow. xoxo-------------------------------------------------------- ----- Psychic LicenseSaturday, June 9 10 PM | $5 @ 1067 1067 Granville St. (back alley), Vancouver BCChad MacQuarrie: acoustic guitar Lee Hutzulak: microphones / synthesizer / junk Jennifer Clarke: amplified movements / dance / voice Tommy Babin: acoustic bass-------------------------------------------------------- --

I'd like to meet:

nice people who pay attention

Music:

om - conference of the birds, red sparowes, neko case, echo and the bunnymen, panda bear, destroyer, belle and seb, grizz bear, swan lake, spencer krug, dan bejar, secret mommy, spankrock, animal collective, black dice, BARR, botch, einsterzende, beruit, zombies, blood brothers, celebration, supertramp, oneida, statler brothers, fly pan am, jim o'rourke, john zorn, i can usually get into the flavor of the month for a few listens, full swing, vocals and general presence of loren hill, eryka badhu are outstanding, missy elliot, the liars, efter klang, the knife, set fire to flames, western nuns chanting, akron family

Books:

the web that has no weaver, all books by Chogyam Trungpa except his poetry, the elegant universe, fabric of the cosmos, light on yoga, heart of yoga, ashtanga yoga, etc... various other yoga books - if you want a list ask, krishnamurti, the gift, wisdom of the body moving, hands of light, the macrobiotic way, macrobiotic path to total health, Democracy's body, terpsichore in sneakers, contact improvisation, contact quarterly, sensing feeling action

Heroes:

nigel charnock