Because Isabella and I have allowed instinct and the queer resonance between us to guide the development of Tearmann Aiteach/ Queer Sanctuary, we’ve had to trust that sharing the work could be of value to others. We’ve had some reassurance from the feedback of others along the way. Whether it’s the responses of collaborators, of individuals and small groups we’ve invited to witness the process or of audiences for work in progress performances, we’ve sought feedback knowing somehow that the work is an action, an impulse to change the possibilities for ourselves and others in the world. And while dancing for ourselves could have had a transformational effect on us – and that’s not insignificant or without value – it’s the desire to expand possibilities more widely that has made sharing the process an essential element of our practice. The courage and vulnerability that sharing requires had become part of our dancing. The dancing is not something that precedes sharing, it is now conditioned by the prospect of sharing even when it’s just the two of us in a rehearsal room.
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