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MY BATTERY IS PURE LOVE part one by Lucy Rupert for D and P, always. for Badie, David, Edan, Esperanza, Josh, Jovia, June, Patrice, and Yuki, with whom I shared time and space at the Ucross Artist Residency program in April 2023. And for Tawni, who understood the song. ** I fly through utter blackness. On one of those small planes that seats 50 people, the depth of the blackness is vivid. I am passing through a portal. Who knows what is on the other side? Well, most of the other people on the plane know. This is their daily commute. But for me it is flying into a myth. ** I am nervous. I am running. I am obsolete. I am stumbling. I am a calculator. I am a bird watcher. I am perpetual motion. I am an elevated heart rate. I am scared that I am not enough. I am full of love. ** I am sitting in the lobby of the hotel waiting for Tawni, the Ucross Artists’ Residency  Manager. I am allowing the almost nothing that is happening to be profoundly something. I eat scrambled eggs, toast, and coff

Empty Branches Project Interview #1: Bird Protection in the Cities with FLAP founder Michael Mesure

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In 2024, my company Blue Ceiling dance, will be celebrating 20 years. We have lots of celebratory activities planned from the fall of 2023 through to end of 2024, and the biggest celebration will be our production of “empty branches” in early fall 2024. (Generously supported by a 3-year long-term project grant from the Toronto Arts Council as well as creation support from Canada Council for the Arts.) "empty branches" is a four-part dance that uses the title image as an entry point to explore quantum fluctuations, regenerative neuroscience, the dynamics of forests and threats to migratory birds. Part of our creative process includes working with experts in these fields: interviews, workplace visits, and rehearsal visits. While we’re dealing with science, we’re focusing on the very human passions that fuel the science, ignite the dance and illuminate our interconnectivity with all sizes, shapes and timescales of life on Earth. In light of our curiosities as we continue to deve