The poem, Rhizome, was the original stimulus for the creation of Cirque-Samsara. Conceived by Nik Beeson as a section of a larger project called 'WURF' Rhizome took on a life of its own. Based on the poem 'Rhizome', Nik and Sherri Hay began rehearsing a contact dance based improv/structure suggesting birth, growth, separation, and collapse. They then called on Kelly Thornton to direct the piece, Julie Notto to do vocal improvisations, Greg Hopen to play Saxophone and Shakahachi and Teilhard Frost to play didgereedoo...a wonderful crew of wondrously creative folks. Rehearsals became very open creative improvs astutely directed by Kelly... Vocal warm-ups and improvs led to a choral reading of the piece - sound, textures, rhythm supporting Sherri reading the poem as a central theme. The choral reading was followed by the dance piece, a structured improv building to a peak with a most vicious and frenetic collapse.
Rhizome was performed at Residance, The Bathurst Street Theatre and Livestock.
Rhizome
Rhizome
becomes
a seed
sprouting,
into a green stalk,
into a root,
developing.
A green leaf,
branching from the green stalk,
which grows,
which grows and develops,
another green leaf above the first leaf.
Growing and developing,
developing another root,
supplying another green leaf,
and the development of the stalk.
Gathering order of roots.
Transporting medium of stalk.
Leaves rotating symmetrically to receive the light.
An interacting community of roots, stalk, leaves.
Roots communicating nourishment, transported by stalk, into expanding formation of leaves.
Expansion, growth and development of the order of roots and stalk and leaves.
Systems of order of roots, digging deeper and farther to supply the outermost tips of grand leaves,
and the most distant leaves at the top of the tall stalk.
Organization of systems of orders of roots,
Transportation and communication of nutrition by stalk.
Symmetrical rotational development of expansion of leaves.
Flexible institution of conjunction of separate elements and functions ......
Complexification of organization of systems of orders of roots.
Distance of transportation and communication of information and nutrition by stalk.
Quantification of symmetrical rotational development of expansion of leaves.
Limits of available energy.
Limits of available energy.
Limits of available energy.
Turning point of expanding growth.
Rigidification of flexibility.
Destitution of institution.
Disjunction of conjunction.
Disintegration of integration.
Disparation of elements and functions.
Apathy and entropy.
Withering of roots,
collapse of stalk,
fall of leaves,
decay of all,
becomes,
Rhizome.
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