An Exercise in Entertainment
One page of the commemorative booklet for people who join the movement choir.
A performance for solo movement artist and audience
Developed over two years, An Exercise in Entertainment, grew out of research into the history of the American industrial entertainment complex. Redgrave draws on the vaudeville format to reflect on his position and the history of his own desire to perform.
The piece has nine acts that culminate in an invitation to the audience in the form of a gift, a book that contains a set of poems and instructions to a movement choir score that makes the finale.
(This project is currently on hold due to safety in pandemic times.)
An Exercise in Entertainment developed out of work-in-progress performances during 2019. This is from dance H0L0 in Queens, NY. Photo by Yuko Tonohira.
Another work-in-progress showing at Rhizome DC. Photo by Madonna Tyler Leblanc