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I come into the studio and we just... we just start.
I've always been really interested in performance - watching it, being in it.
I've never had a lot of ideas except when I'm improvising.
I've worked as a performer in a lot of projects that other people have led.
I felt like there was a kind of process that I wanted to be in
that I hadn't been in,
and I didn't know anyone who was doing it or making work in that kind of way.
I wanted to design a process
that was enjoyable and interesting in its own right.
We've created a piece that has improvised elements and set elements.
(performers) Still.
Not a single breath left.
Skinny bodies.
It's interesting cos we've found that this notion, I think, in culture
that improvisation is about freedom,
but actually some of the moments where people know exactly what they're doing
are the moments where they feel freer
because they're not trying to sort of figure anything out.
I've never applied for any kind of funding before.
I thought, "I'll never get money", or, "Nobody gets money."
How seriously are you taking this?
Well, I don't feel the need to act.
Also the kind of work that I have been doing up till now,
I've found that very hard to sort of sell.
(performers all speak at once)
There's room for things to change after you've submitted the application,
or in the application you can also say, you know, "This might happen."
It's not like you have to have everything completely set.
The money that I've received for this project from the Arts Council
and from other sources
has meant that I can pay the performers.
..was empty.
I can pay myself for my time.
I can work with a costume designer and a lighting designer
and I can spend some money on publicity, studio space.
So it's made everything much easier and more manageable,
and in a way I feel like that kind of validates the work.
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