InterActs
If you can meditate in NYC, you can meditate anywhere.
In the spring of 2010 TREe presented a series of public meditation events as a new performance initiative sponsored by the Interdependence Project.
Each month a group of meditators met at different locations in Manhattan to connect our awareness to issues within our community. We expressed these issues as scenes of contemplation intent on encouraging conversation and creative prosperity among both participants and witnesses.
Please check back in the future for upcoming InterActs later in 2010 and in 2011!
InterActs at Figment!
 The Theatre Research Ensemble presented a series of InterActs on June 11 & 12, 2010 as part of Figment NYC.
We meditated amid awesome art installations and the natural splendor of Governor’s Island. |
Take Refuge Here!
 On May 10th a group of meditators met in an empty Times Square storefront to practice with their awareness on the act of “taking refuge”.
See the “Art in Unlikely Spaces” article featuring TREe here.
This event was sponsored by the Interdependence Project, Chashama 112, NEA, NYSCA, and DCA.
poster design by Matt Jones |
“Field Trip” directed by Kristen Schifferdecker of RedNovae Dance
When we closed our eyes
we were left with
our breath
and the dreams of
our creations…
Imagine yourself in
Strawberry Fields
with dancers,
friends
and strangers.
A spring evening
settles into darkness.
The trees
and TREe people form–
4 concentric rings;
all practicing
all moving,
all together,
all through the present moment.
“What is it that moves us?”
the group seems
to contemplate…
How do we accept
the possibility that it
must be us?
We, the movers
and the moved;
dancers of
the big
and
the small.
“Where to look?”
and “What to do?”
can become
“How
are we breathing?”
We hold wrists
and offer
a final exhale…
Some would call us
a jellyfish,
others an ocean.
 In this field
on this evening
we called ourselves
TREe.
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