I shot a cute little fast motion vid of me walking the dogs today. I intended to post for Movement Monday. But since I don’t own a portable video camera (yet), I decided to shoot it using my still camera which can hammer off shots pretty quick. I guess I didn’t realize that the work flow required to bring it onto my computer, edit it, render it, post it, etc. would eat up a few hours. I know some of you are eager for more doggies, so next Movement Monday I’ll have it ready.

Being in a bit of a bind, I asked the Twitterverse for some help on this post. And she has responded with some tap dancing, a bunch of Stormtrooper Alpacas, and this performance company’s site. I decided to save the Alpacas and tap dancing for the next time I’m in a bind.

The group is called AttacksRightOff!, and while I wouldn’t say I’m much of a performance art aficionado, what’s so interesting to me about their latest piece, Little Ease, is how old it is, and how many artists/movers have performed it. I guess that make sense since a lot of plays have been performed from the same material for decades, centuries… a lot of famous ballets as well.

Here’s what their site has to say about the piece.

Little Ease was initially envisioned and performed nearly 25 years ago by choreographer Elizabeth Streb and has since been performed by a succession of dancers. In its current incarnation ami ipapo has been called on to take on the box. As a performer she is concerned with how much to honor the past and how much of herself to bring to the piece. As a member of the current Streb company, she is keenly aware of the evolution of Pop Action and uniquely suited to exploring this in her role as performer. In collaboration with matt tarr, an avid mover, who will proxy the role of observer via cameras and software.

Oh and they also have a strange shoe lace tying video on their site. It’s shot in a high frame rate (slow motion). That’s funny cause I was considering posting a video on how to tie your shoelaces extra fast… I still may.

Anyway, here are two vids from their site. The first is a sort of history of this strange Box piece, Little Ease. The second are slow motion excepts from its latest incarnation.

Thanks @raelee for the find.

And be sure to stop back tomorrow for @edrafalko and my deciphering of the Lost hieroglyphs. It’s gonna be a big Lost week here at johncabrera.com.

History from ami ipapo + matt tarr on Vimeo.

[slow] – excerpt from ami ipapo + matt tarr on Vimeo.