Our next session will be Monday, March 1, 5:00-7:30pm, and the topic is a good one: "Endurance and Meeting Ourselves at the Limits." We're at the St. Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Theresa and Julia will be our fearless leaders. Also, don't forget Theresa and Mad King Thomas this weekend at the Southern!
With practiced happiness, marcus
*****
Inviting artists and non-artists interested in PUBLIC DANCE, MISCHIEF, AND JOY--"Don't you feel it too?"
We're looking for daring dancers and inner-life explorers! “Don’t you feel it too?” is a newly-discovered mind-body practice of freeing the spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional study, gentle protest, performance, and physical exercise. It premiered during the RNC in Saint Paul in 2008. Currently, over the winter, we are developing this form in indoor settings in preparation for our practice season outdoors on Nicollet Mall. Free, no obligation, and everyone is welcome to come for one or more sessions.
If you're interested, contact Tamara at Dyfit@graceminnesota.org, or just drop in. **Important: Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a playlist and street-dancing shoes.** www.graceminnesota.org
Mon March 1, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Mon March 15, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Wed March 31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Next Dyfit? dance: Wed Feb 17, 5.00-7.30pm
At "Don't you feel it too?" winter session #3, our theme was "Get Intimate with Your Music."
Here's some of what we found:
1. We were pleasantly surprised we could hear our own well-known music in
new and deeper ways.
2. We found that it can be good to perform as if in our own personal, bad,
imaginary musical.
3. We observed our minds unable to focus on a song for its entire
duration, with many visual and mental stimuli occupying the same space.
The next practice session is this Wednesday. You can forward the below
message to friends. This week's theme is dancing in pairs or groups and
will be led by Julia and Theresa.
Since we worked on "Dyfit as prayer" two sessions ago, I heard recently a
new way of thinking about prayer: "Prayer is falling in love with life." I
think that describes how I feel when I dance this dance.
With practiced happiness, marcus
*****
Inviting artists and non-artists interested in PUBLIC DANCE, MISCHIEF, AND
JOY--"Don't you feel it too?"
We're looking for daring dancers and inner-life explorers! “Don’t you
feel it too?” is a newly-discovered mind-body practice of freeing the
spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and
courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional
study, gentle protest, performance, and physical exercise. It premiered
during the RNC in Saint Paul in 2008. Currently, over the winter, we are
developing this form in indoor settings in preparation for our practice
season outdoors on Nicollet Mall. Free, no obligation, and everyone is
welcome to come for one or more sessions.
If you're interested, contact Tamara at Dyfit@graceminnesota.org, or just
drop in. **Important: Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a
playlist and street-dancing shoes.** www.graceminnesota.org
Wed Feb 17, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.
Mon March 1, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Mon March 15, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Wed March 31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.
Here's some of what we found:
1. We were pleasantly surprised we could hear our own well-known music in
new and deeper ways.
2. We found that it can be good to perform as if in our own personal, bad,
imaginary musical.
3. We observed our minds unable to focus on a song for its entire
duration, with many visual and mental stimuli occupying the same space.
The next practice session is this Wednesday. You can forward the below
message to friends. This week's theme is dancing in pairs or groups and
will be led by Julia and Theresa.
Since we worked on "Dyfit as prayer" two sessions ago, I heard recently a
new way of thinking about prayer: "Prayer is falling in love with life." I
think that describes how I feel when I dance this dance.
With practiced happiness, marcus
*****
Inviting artists and non-artists interested in PUBLIC DANCE, MISCHIEF, AND
JOY--"Don't you feel it too?"
We're looking for daring dancers and inner-life explorers! “Don’t you
feel it too?” is a newly-discovered mind-body practice of freeing the
spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and
courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional
study, gentle protest, performance, and physical exercise. It premiered
during the RNC in Saint Paul in 2008. Currently, over the winter, we are
developing this form in indoor settings in preparation for our practice
season outdoors on Nicollet Mall. Free, no obligation, and everyone is
welcome to come for one or more sessions.
If you're interested, contact Tamara at Dyfit@graceminnesota.org, or just
drop in. **Important: Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a
playlist and street-dancing shoes.** www.graceminnesota.org
Wed Feb 17, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.
Mon March 1, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Mon March 15, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Wed March 31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Dyfit? winter indoor practice starts Jan. 13, 6-8pm
Dear Dyfit?-ers,
We don't know enough about the mysterious and crazy "Don't you feel it too?" so we continue our exploration indoors this winter. Come dance with us and develop this practice of mind, body, and meeting ourselves and each other. Here is some of what we know:
*We're meeting on Wed, Jan 13, 6-8pm at Saint Anthony Park Library (2245 Como Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108) meeting room.
*Please RSVP to Kathleen at kathleen@graceminnesota.org
*We will do some dancing, maybe meditating, talking, planning, etc.
*Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a playlist and normal street-dancing shoes. The floor surface is tile.
*Bring friends, anyone is welcome, yet we are not advertising this to the general public at this time.
*We want to embark on a 1000-year journey of exploration, and this is year 2.
*We are tentatively holding the next session on Wed, Jan 27, at 5 or 6pm, so put that on your calendars.
*If you can't come Wed nights, and you really want to join us, email Kathleen your February availability.
I saw on PBS last night that science is proving your happiness affects people up to 3 degrees of separation away from you, like my friends' friends' friends...hmmm...more dancing!
Hope to see you Wednesday, marcus
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The City Behavior of Grace MN
October 30 – December 11, 2009
Metropolitan State University
Third Floor Gallery
645 East Seventh Street
(In the Library and Learning Center, St. Paul Campus)
Opening Reception: November 5 from 4-7 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m
This exhibition is a look back at some of the works created by behavioral artist Marcus Young, individually and in collaboration, since 2004 when he first began creating for public and semi-public spaces. The work explores rituals, systems, and institutions of our daily lives or imagined daily lives. Many of the works have been realized in Saint Paul, where he serves as the current City Artist in Residence, a program of Public Art Saint Paul.
Young founded Grace MN, a behavioral art studio whose work attends to the inner, natural, and civic life, creating personal practice and collective experience. Grace MN is also a conceptual place that promotes artistic unorthodoxy, spiritual experimentation, and Midwestern sensibility. Played out practically in public spaces, within institutions, or across systems of the city, their work invites individual commitment, public involvement, and transdisciplinary collaboration. Grace MN members are Marcus Young, Kathleen Maloney, Aki Shibata, and Travis Spangler.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Public Performance/Mind-Body Workshops NYC
Contact: www.naatf.org or hillary@naatf.org
What: A workshop to introduce a new form of public performance and mind-body experiment called “Don’t you feel it too?”
For: Artists, non-artists, meditators, yoga folks, experimentalists, dancers, people looking for happiness or mischief, etc.
Why: To expand the discourse on performance practice: How does this practice relate to theater, to disruptive realism or pranksterism? Where does work like this belong?
When: Take one or more of the following sessions. Sessions will be indoors if it rains.
-Saturday, Oct 10, 12.00-3.00pm
-Tuesday, Oct 13, 10.30am-1.30pm
-Friday, Oct 16, 10.30am-1.30pm
Info: "Don’t you feel it too?" is the practice of freeing your spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional study, gentle protest, social interaction, performance, and physical exercise. While other more venerable forms of mind-body practice have developed over millennia, this new practice premiered on the streets of the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul in 2008. We invite artists and non-artists to learn and expand this playful form.
Grace MN is a behavioral art studio whose work attends to the inner, natural, and civic life, creating personal practice and collective experience. The group is founded by behavioral artist Marcus Young, currently public artist in residence for the City of Saint Paul, a program of Public Art Saint Paul. This activity is made possible by funds from Jerome Foundation and is a parallel project of the National Asian American Theater Festival. www.graceminnesota.org
What: A workshop to introduce a new form of public performance and mind-body experiment called “Don’t you feel it too?”
For: Artists, non-artists, meditators, yoga folks, experimentalists, dancers, people looking for happiness or mischief, etc.
Why: To expand the discourse on performance practice: How does this practice relate to theater, to disruptive realism or pranksterism? Where does work like this belong?
When: Take one or more of the following sessions. Sessions will be indoors if it rains.
-Saturday, Oct 10, 12.00-3.00pm
-Tuesday, Oct 13, 10.30am-1.30pm
-Friday, Oct 16, 10.30am-1.30pm
Where: Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue at 10th St.
Cost: $5/session cash at the door, or FREE with purchase of a mainstage ticket of the National Asian American Theater Festival
How: Participants must bring an mp3 player with some of their most beloved music on a playlist, approximately 30 minutes. We will dance in public, so wear comfortable shoes and clothing. Bring water.
Contact: For sign-up or questions, visit www.naatf.org or email: hillary@naatf.org. Sign-up for the workshop is recommended. If you drop in without signing up, just be sure to bring an mp3 player.
Cost: $5/session cash at the door, or FREE with purchase of a mainstage ticket of the National Asian American Theater Festival
How: Participants must bring an mp3 player with some of their most beloved music on a playlist, approximately 30 minutes. We will dance in public, so wear comfortable shoes and clothing. Bring water.
Contact: For sign-up or questions, visit www.naatf.org or email: hillary@naatf.org. Sign-up for the workshop is recommended. If you drop in without signing up, just be sure to bring an mp3 player.
Info: "Don’t you feel it too?" is the practice of freeing your spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional study, gentle protest, social interaction, performance, and physical exercise. While other more venerable forms of mind-body practice have developed over millennia, this new practice premiered on the streets of the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul in 2008. We invite artists and non-artists to learn and expand this playful form.
Grace MN is a behavioral art studio whose work attends to the inner, natural, and civic life, creating personal practice and collective experience. The group is founded by behavioral artist Marcus Young, currently public artist in residence for the City of Saint Paul, a program of Public Art Saint Paul. This activity is made possible by funds from Jerome Foundation and is a parallel project of the National Asian American Theater Festival. www.graceminnesota.org
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