Witchcamp part one with Meg Stuart (Berlin) & Lexa Rosean (NY)
Intensive workshops for performers/ artists.Witch camp is a research meeting for performers/ artists interested in questions about alchemy, ritual space, clear energetic transgression, the magic of the performance moment, pagan basics.
History:
Stephanie Maher lived in San Francisco for 10 years.Two things she deeply regrets are that: 1. She did not work extensively with Anna Halprin and 2. She did not attend witch camp. I enjoyed many witchy, pagan, experiences and rituals. Wonderful people creating circle after circle in my community, creating new passages of change or gathering courage to heal old or new occurring wounds. Living full time in Stolzenhagen now, curating and hosting Ponderosa's summers, hoping to encourage/endure a full blown out use of creative energy ......people are building, gardening, singing, dancing all over the place, eating,living with people 24/7 ......The moon shines, then suddenly, feeling the land take over the urban, feeling the seasons defining the process and the possibilities. I think it is time we get some basic pagan skills!
For survival, for genuine kindness, for leadership, for art and for continuing on this path, on the planet come join us for Witch Camp!
Only mature centered artists need apply. Send a letter of interest and a cv.
We dont know exactly what it will be right now,
but Stephanie Maher says: This will be....
and Lexa Rosean says: It's witchcraft! Wonderful Wicked...
Meg Stuart says:
Possible things to expect while attending witch camp:
cleansing with dirt
clearing with noise
using chaos to create clarity
discussion about grace(s)
control: friend and foe, ally and bitch
sacred/profane and other bullshit dichotomies
containers, funnels, vortexes
alchemy as play as alchemy
idiot savant/beginner’s mind...downes syndrome/dog tongue
saliva/odorat as instinct
make up GOD acronyms (Girls Overindulge Dudes, Giant Orifice Dilemma, etc)
rearranging the characters/influences in one psychic space
parasympathetic — definitions, experiments
time/space as miracle, phenomenal, substance
un/link these ideas: intention, attention, conjuring, magic, tricks, cheating, trance, ego, witness, nature, specific, random
