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Kate

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About Me

Sensoriel: A French term which has no direct translation into English. It essentially means playing with all of my senses: playing with my sense of touch, taste, smell, sight, etc. It was the first descriptive term that someone used to describe my fire performance. I fell in love with the term because it actually described the feelings behind my performance stuff. I was honored and flattered as well as completely awed that this came across to anyone else. I especially enjoy the fact that there is no direct translation into English. I often notice the inadiquacies of the English language.I am an artist and performer based out of Baltimore, MD. I have been actively involved in many aspects of the visual and performing arts for over 25 years. I received my BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and have been a lifelong artist, performer, activist and arts advocate across the country.I am mostly known for my work with fire in the last several years, but my performance work has a wide range. I have an extensive background in technical theater with creating, building and designing sets and props as well as my sculptures. I have also created, designed and performed with large scale puppets, interactive sculptures and sets. I also won Honors as Best Actor from Lincoln College and multiple other awards and accolades for my art and performance work.Several years ago I was higly involved with the organizing and leading of Playa del Fuego (PDF) , the Mid-Atlantic Burning Man Regional event, of which I was on the Planning Committee, BOD, Co FireTeam Leader and the Effigy builder of for 7 of the PDF festivals. I also had the honor of being invited onto the BOD of the Creativity Collective which was to be the first national non-profit to support arts and regionals for the Burning Man Regionals.Currently I perform independently and with the fabulous Cheeky Monkey Sideshow! www.CheekyMonkeySideshow.com

My Interests

Dancing with and Eating Fire, building things and making things, climbing and exploring, Urban Spelunking, Being a feminist who is strong, sensual, talented, intelligent, and willing to stand alone but able to work, communicate, and commune with others. Equality, freedom of speech and expression, Taking stands for things I believe in. Challenging myself, open to changing and growing. Learning. Being. Doing. Loving life and all of its complexities. Dancing. Arting. Being.

I'd like to meet:

Those who are into creation and not destruction; self nor of others. Those who want to leave the world and people around them without a negative trace.Freaks who aren't afraid to speak, despite the social pressures to live in apathy and ignorance. Geeks who can think beyond, around and above. Performers and artists of all types who love to collaborate and work with others; those who know that two heads are greater than one and believe in crediting *all* involved. Humans who know we're all connected and all in this together. This is not a dog eat dog world unless that is what *YOU* believe. If that is your philosophy then we will probably not fundamentally get along although we could have some wonderful discussions and debates.Here's my Sideshow group, The Cheeky Monkey Sideshow http://www.myspace.com/cheekymonkeysideshow Now ADD US!! ; )Terra Incognita @ Mosaic Oct. 2006 Terra Incognita Demo
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Music:

Give me different personalities and inter-woven textures. Tend to stay away from high-pitched and "whiney" since that hurts my ears. I especially love musicians and music which develops into a means of communication and play. I have a particular fondness for those who are able to improvise, transpose and work variations on a theme.Give me the complexities of harmony and layers of musicality combined with the ability to delve into dynamic and rythmic changes and I would *love* to play along!Check out this link to a cool 360 degree pic of Shodekeh and I doing an interactive improv October 2007 http://www.howdido.com/show.php?format=flash&id=firegirl 2We'd love to get more opportunites.... paying only, though. ; )

Movies:

Check out the Criterion Collection for many of them. I am an avid cinemaphile so I will start listing when I have more time.

Television:

My May 2006 Playa del Fuego Effigy

Books:

All books by Umberto Eco, Demian by Herman Hesse, Brothers Karamazof by Doestoevsky, Cock and Bull by William Self, All books by Aldous Huxley, Classic Literature, Lysestrata, Dracula, more to come

Heroes:

Strong women who know that talents and skills are more important than looks and who cultivate themselves and others around them instead of buying the social mythologies that we are constantly fed and dealt.

My Blog

Check out this event: Cheeky Monkey Sideshow

Hosted By: Kate aka Sensoriel and the Cheeky Monkey SideshowWhen: Friday Apr 18, 2008 at 9:00 PMWhere: Palace of Wonders1210 H St., NE Washington DC|9 20002United StatesDescription:Kate Guntermann Cli...
Posted by Kate on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:07:00 PST

Fire and Beats... awesome pic and audio clip link. Oct. 2007

In October 2007 I had the opportunity to finally pull off the collaboration with Shodekeh that I had been wanting to do for a very long time. It was my second performance of the night, the first being...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:38:00 PST

interesting thoughts to ponder

from Peter during a discussion about artists and respect on an artist list-serve I’m on.A *great* laugh with a important perception shift and food for thought."This is about teachers, but the sa...
Posted by Kate on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:28:00 PST

and the droplets become ripples

Okay.So.I couldn’t pull it off in time. It didn’t kill my optimism, though. Instead I found myself, in typical Kate fashion, looking at all that information in front of me and realizing th...
Posted by Kate on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:59:00 PST

droplets falling

I’m fighting to maintain optimism and hope to pull this thing off. Lots of troubleshooting and lots of time spent working with no immediate income to pay those bills from all of this work.Stumbl...
Posted by Kate on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:16:00 PST

A small investment with a HUGE impact

Hi everyoneI sent this as a bulletin, but I know how often those go unseen (at least by soemone like me who seems to have gotten over 800 friends somehow !!WTF?!!) and how much crap is passed on. This...
Posted by Kate on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:31:00 PST

My kind of fantasy material

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6FsT_lnVppwhttp://www.myspace.com /sxipshireyI'd sooooo love to collaborate with this kind of thinker.A girl can dream, right?I really love music which creates worlds to expl...
Posted by Kate on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:41:00 PST

venue musings

I've been doing some movement improv., object manipulation (poi, contact juggling, puppetry and (recently added) extension cord [!!!so funny and cool!!!]) at 2640 once a month and it has been so much ...
Posted by Kate on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:08:00 PST

Taking Dragon out for a fabulous night with the Dreseden Dolls!!

Thanks to Pacofish and the Dirty Business Brigade (and MUCH thanks to Trinket!) my friend, the Dragon, and I went for a fabulous night out with The Dresen Dolls!!My Dragon friend is a full body puppet...
Posted by Kate on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:06:00 PST

Amazing collaborations

Those of you who know me as a performer know how much I love to explore movement and love collaborating with sound, space, emotions, movement, etc.In October I finally was able to pull off the collabo...
Posted by Kate on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:41:00 PST