{"pageProps":{"story":{"metadata":{"tags":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"l38t75qytx3o"}},"id":"6Bb2howhtwBL48noSwMuJK","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-05-20T19:42:36.955Z","updatedAt":"2022-05-20T19:42:36.955Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"revision":1,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"story"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"title":"F/utility, for Ruth E. Grauert","description":{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"F/utility, for Ruth E. Grauert","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Created/performed/improvised by K.J. Holmes","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Background sound : Parker Pond environs, and Bagel ","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Redefining actions/words into dance/poetry in an environment that is always changing yet has remained the same are just a couple of gifts I have continued to receive from my many summers at Bearnstow (2000-present), and especially from Reg.  Not one to not challenge others, she also was hands on with it all.  Never looking away, always amplified in her presence.  This summer, the first one I taught in without her there, I heard her in her absence in the molecules of light, air, ground and water.  ","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Hence this improvisation.  ","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"F/utility was a one-off;  the log called me to it, and I responded.  Have to answer when the world calls.  When Reg calls.  “KAAAAAAAAAAY JAAAAAAAAAAY!” she would holler.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"The title reflects a sense of finding a third thing always between what seems impossible and useless (futile:  incapable of producing any useful result; pointless,  Origin: Latin fundere: pour/leaky) and the pragmatism of tasks (utility: the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.  Origin:  Latin  utilitis: useful).  In between, a third thing happens, at least; art happens, and beauty becomes.  Time is rounded.  The world is bettered.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Thank you forever, Reg, and thanks to Molly, Bebe and so many Bearnstow others whom holler for me too!  And thank you Max Prum for editing the video","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"}],"nodeType":"document"},"youtubeLink":"https://youtu.be/HZ5IXX9AtjY","category":{"metadata":{"tags":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"l38t75qytx3o"}},"id":"5nGnayZkoQUVeR3NEmBTcj","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2021-11-19T19:56:36.681Z","updatedAt":"2022-03-06T23:34:20.957Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"revision":2,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"category"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"name":"Dance","icon":{"metadata":{"tags":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"l38t75qytx3o"}},"id":"4TgUpg80XRLJj2SSOEliFP","type":"Asset","createdAt":"2022-03-06T23:31:19.366Z","updatedAt":"2022-03-06T23:31:19.366Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"revision":1,"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"title":"blue bell (64 px)","description":"","file":{"url":"//images.ctfassets.net/l38t75qytx3o/4TgUpg80XRLJj2SSOEliFP/a10b13ade6077a4d2862538637cf91de/blue_bell__64_px_.png","details":{"size":1985,"image":{"width":64,"height":64}},"fileName":"blue bell (64 px).png","contentType":"image/png"}}}}},"storyTeller":{"metadata":{"tags":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"l38t75qytx3o"}},"id":"21YrwZYQtOIw5t808vlKwr","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-05-20T19:39:17.440Z","updatedAt":"2022-05-20T19:39:17.440Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"revision":1,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"storyteller"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"firstName":"K.J.","lastName":"Holmes","profilePic":{"metadata":{"tags":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"l38t75qytx3o"}},"id":"1yE1f2fShaAsPXvKXjAgwP","type":"Asset","createdAt":"2022-05-20T19:38:57.441Z","updatedAt":"2022-05-20T19:38:57.441Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"revision":1,"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"title":"K.J.","description":"","file":{"url":"//images.ctfassets.net/l38t75qytx3o/1yE1f2fShaAsPXvKXjAgwP/d9964cc89a8d1f3510b8a525c54f3a39/K.J.2.jpg","details":{"size":58916,"image":{"width":448,"height":516}},"fileName":"K.J.2.jpg","contentType":"image/jpeg"}}},"biography":{"nodeType":"document","data":{},"content":[{"nodeType":"paragraph","data":{},"content":[{"nodeType":"text","value":"K.J. Holmes has been exploring improvisation as process and performance since 1981, traveling nationally and internationally teaching, creating, directing.  K.J. is grateful for her teachers and her collaborations with many, including - Dancers: Ruth E. Grauert, Simone Forti, Steve Paxton, Lisa Nelson, Karen Nelson ; Poet: Julie Carr; Musicians : Roy Campbell, Jr., Jeremy Carlstedt, Juan Ignacio Ferreras; Yogini : Sondra Loring; Acting: Terry Knickerbocker; Somatics : Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen; Ayurveda : Dr. Naina Marbelli, Frank Jude Boccio; Voice : Samita Sinha, Richard Armstrong.   K.J. currently teaches at NYU/Experimental Theater Wing, Movement Research, the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, and her own private classes in Yoga, Somatics and Ayurveda on Zoom.  Recent projects include performing in the film ","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":"Redoubt","marks":[{"type":"italic"},{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":" and the performance installation ","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":"Catasterism in 3 Movements","marks":[{"type":"italic"},{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":" of artist Matthew Barney; choreographing ","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":"Somatopia","marks":[{"type":"italic"},{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":" on the Polish dance theater group Living Space Theater, and continuing to develop her solo + immersion ","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":"900 Bees are Humming","marks":[{"type":"italic"},{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"text","value":".  ","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}},{"nodeType":"hyperlink","data":{"uri":"http://www.kjholmes.info/"},"content":[{"nodeType":"text","value":"www.kjholmes.info","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"data":{}}]},{"nodeType":"text","value":"","marks":[],"data":{}}]}]}}},"location":{"lon":-70.01798264721442,"lat":44.49701231180265}}}},"__N_SSG":true}