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Note of Introduction: Give Thanks / The Househedz Project
Author: M. McNeal
The Househedz Project converges critical performance ethnography and choreographic methods to explore Chicago house music and dance culture, unpacking its movement vocabulary and style; its fusion of spirituality and sexuality; its changing contexts from club, to basement, to radio station, to mix tape and CD; and its current re-contextualization on local and global club and music scenes. In addition to the studio rehearsal experience, the project utilizes a ‘wiki’ that includes an ongoing archive of the creative process and a critical genealogy of Chicago house as a form of local knowledge.
Househedz has seen several phases of development.
It debuted at Links Hall/Chicago in 2006 as part of the LinkUp artist-in-residence program. See the ThickRoutes Performance Collage / Introduction to Househedz (2006-2007) link for more information about the original creative process.
In May 2008, Give Thanks premiered at the Brown Festival of Dance with a cast of Brown University students. Derived from seeds based on the original creative process, Give Thanks explores house's connections to the invincible spirit of historical black music traditions as well as its place as a contemporary lifestyle and music/dance scene. Here, house becomes an example of an urban folk practice and experience.
I am currently developing an evening-length version working with the same cast of performers. Give Thanks / The Househedz Project will premiere at the Providence Black Repertory Theatre April 3-4 2009 and the Africana Studies’ Rites and Reasons Theatre at Brown May 7-10 2009.
The Househedz Project converges critical performance ethnography and choreographic methods to explore Chicago house music and dance culture, unpacking its movement vocabulary and style; its fusion of spirituality and sexuality; its changing contexts from club, to basement, to radio station, to mix tape and CD; and its current re-contextualization on local and global club and music scenes. In addition to the studio rehearsal experience, the project utilizes a ‘wiki’ that includes an ongoing archive of the creative process and a critical genealogy of Chicago house as a form of local knowledge.
Househedz has seen several phases of development.
It debuted at Links Hall/Chicago in 2006 as part of the LinkUp artist-in-residence program. See the ThickRoutes Performance Collage / Introduction to Househedz (2006-2007) link for more information about the original creative process.
In May 2008, Give Thanks premiered at the Brown Festival of Dance with a cast of Brown University students. Derived from seeds based on the original creative process, Give Thanks explores house's connections to the invincible spirit of historical black music traditions as well as its place as a contemporary lifestyle and music/dance scene. Here, house becomes an example of an urban folk practice and experience.
I am currently developing an evening-length version working with the same cast of performers. Give Thanks / The Househedz Project will premiere at the Providence Black Repertory Theatre April 3-4 2009 and the Africana Studies’ Rites and Reasons Theatre at Brown May 7-10 2009.
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