Hello again!
I wanted to continue my quarterly check in... So ta-da! If you haven't already, add me on Instagram to see what I've been up to! I'll warn you, I post A LOT. (But really. Too much.) Sorry! There are, of course, several dance videos... so it's a professional endeavor. I'm an #Influencer.
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First of all, I've now been in Japan for a little over three months! I'll be here for a while longer, and I have been absolutely loving my time thus far! Every weekend I explore new places and relish in the apparent Japanese-ness of it all - whether it is re-imagined western food like corn dogs and croquettes; choreographed dance breaks by electronic store workers; regional nature expeditions into the mountains/water/seasonal gardens and forests; shrines with vending machines and temples with mascots; incredibly physical TV entertainment; countless train stations and somehow even more malls; varied transportation including bikes, ferries, and sky gondolas; learning bits and pieces of a language I can't imagine mastering; sharing and comparing my experiences will fellow ex-pats; and how seemingly all bars and karaoke places have three-hour all-you-can-drink options.
It's a weird, gorgeous world here.
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Since we last spoke, my Fringe show went live! The Philadelphia Fringe Festival played host to How To Dance, my brand-new dance library. Eleanor Goudie-Averill of thINKingDANCE fame wrote a review of the collection asking, "Does it matter if you enact the scores, or just read through them?" Please decide for yourself, and check them out for a minute (or two).
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Back in Iowa City, 1/2 of stb x at, Dr. Andy Thierauf, performed trio. with Meredith Stapleton. This is, I believe, one of the first times another dancer performed in one of our works sans me. MFA-candidate Stapleton wonderfully interpreted the minimalist dance score at the beautiful new Voxman Music Building on campus. Definitely worth a click.
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October brought my first "performance" in Japan. The Lotano Livestream series is, as the detailed title suggests, a series of online improvisations shot in my "mansion" (this is literally the English-gone-Japanese term for a concrete apartment building) and is my means of formal presentation at the moment. Yes, my building is called The Lotano. Life is odd.
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Regardless, I'll be performing the next iteration... tomorrow!
Lotano Livestream No. 2 is on November 30th, 2018 at 8:00 AM PST.
Wake up to my beautiful dancing. Please. The livestream will be hosted on my #professional Facebook Page, Sean Thomas Boyt. Of course.
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See you tomorrow!
xoxo,
STB
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