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 Changing Room
Community Created Dance Playspace

The Changing Room Room for changing.  A room that changes.  We enter the transformed studio through a mock -up changing room (like in a department store, but fancier).  Once through,  We  find costumes galore, an all-engulfing art installation,  imaginative music for dancing, wacky new friends and dance toys.   Everyone stars in this dance theater  extravaganza!

Here’s the deal:   Changing Room is an ongoing series of dance celebrations, a chance for our expanding and overlapping tribes to come together to play and dance – and create!   Each time the dance studio transforms into fantastic landscape.  Step into the Changing Room, try on a few of the plentiful costumes, and see what happens.

 Changing Room is Community Created!  That means you!  We start with a motif and basic physical structure for creating the playscape and invite anyone who wants to create or offer something within that structure to do so.  We even provide friends to help manifest your visions.  You provide your imagination, props from your attic, working hands, perhaps an idea for an interactive offering at the dance. Whatever catches your fancy.   You don't have to help out beforehand to come, but if you do you  get in free.  Sign up to help out! 

What's it like ?

  • Is it like Ecstatic Dance?  Yes!  And more!

  • Is it like a Contact Improv Jam? Yes!  And more!

  • Is it like Butoh? Can be!

  • Is it like Physical Theater Improv? Sort of!

  • Is it like a Burning Man theme camp?  A little bit!* (this theme camp is drug-free and doesn't play techno all night long)

  • Is there ritual involved?  Yes!

  • Is this a performance? No! We all come to Changing Room as participants

  • What sort of music?  Whatever it takes to complete the journey.  Any genre is fair game

  • Do I have to dress up?  No, we've got plenty of costumes. Wear something you can put costumes over easily.  Do feel free to bring costumes.  (With your name labeled on it to ensure safe return)

  • When is it?  Periodically, whenever we get enough momentum to hold one! See below for details on the next Changing Room

  • How much? $10 - $15 sliding scale at the door, work-trade available: let's make this a truly community created event!

  • Can I help?  Please!

  • Will there be alcohol or drugs? No! Dance, Art, and Conscious Sensation are trippy enough. In fact, mind altering substances might just put you back where you started!

 

Call for Artists! 

Want to be a playscape design lead for a future Changing Room event? Small budget involved, with a little extra for you as thanks.

OR

See if you want to help out with the current Changing Room: (not currently in development)

Contact Bruce

Dust off that ART installation piece in the garage!

Do you have potential props sitting around you'd like to put to use?  You know, that crazy thing you made for your Solstice Parade float/burning man camp/Winter Feast/theatrical set.  Masks, costumes, lanterns count!  Show your stuff at Changing Room...

Contact Bruce

Help! Help!
Nitty Gritty Details Here.  We wish to manifest (so far):

Thing-a-ma-jigs

  • Kite sized Butterflies to suspend (papier mache?)

  • Metamorphosis themed luminaria

  • Freestanding coat tree, hat tree, costume rack

  • Flamboyant Costumes

  • Small camping tents

  • 10x10 tent

  • Sleeping bags

  • Cocoon material

  • Rope lights, flash lights

Items requested are for loan unless noted- we will happily and gratefully  return them!

Helping hands and skills

  • Ritual Shenanigan conspirators

  • Greeters

  • Clean up crew

  • Changing Room chamber at entryway

  • Giant cocoon designer

  • Chill Space/Changing area designers (many materials available in the space)

  • Altar or art space in pup tent enclave

  • Spreading the word

 

Contact Bruce

The Changing Room guiding principles:


Changing Room
Feb 23, 2008
8:30-11pm
Fremont Abbey Arts Center
4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103

$10-15 sliding, work trade available
 

Community created dance playspace.  Costumes abound, art surrounds.  We all dance the cycles to the music.  Think passageways, leaf fall, rainfall for our next one.  Let the stories be told and made.

Sign up to help out and come free!

Changing Room is a partner of the Fremont Arts Council check them out!