This Moment - a workshop with Jo Fong

“Liveness is at the core of my work, it’s something of a performative risk, being in this moment with this moment is a craft of presence and awareness. We might call it live investigation, the act of creating this now. Is it different to improvisation, I think so…

Movement is momentum, forward motion, in every action something changes. It’s a collective action. 

I like this phrase – We are consenting to explore the unknown. We will be moving, playing, responding, following, listening, embodying, generating, noticing…  What happens next is not anything we can predict. 

In terms of choreographic languages, I draw on a wealth of influences, from somatic and improvisation techniques, self-generating prompts and tools or games that explore relationships with our bodies, spaces between people, play and working with objects. For me, it’s about the possibility for liveness, presence. My work is about creating the conditions so that liveness can occur.” – Jo Fong