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Another thing I observed is that though the performance was the demonstration that strangers can work towards the same goal with little issue. I knew a handful of students from my university (UMBC) but a lot of the faces present where new but none the less we all worked together to pull off our objectives in the performance, including standing/resting side by side and shaking hands with everyone in sight, something not usually done with people you meet on the street.
Another thing I observed is that though the performance was the demonstration that strangers can work towards the same goal with little issue. I knew a handful of students from my university (UMBC) but a lot of the faces present where new but none the less we all worked together to pull off our objectives in the performance, including standing/resting side by side and shaking hands with everyone in sight, something not usually done with people you meet on the street.
I had the unique experience of participating in Public Moves with my two toddlers, and what struck me over & over in the rehearsal and performances was that my children had no sense that anything we did was odd or strange. It was perfectly acceptable--joyful, in fact--to take the hands of perfect strangers and swing them past you, to imitate and be imitated (especially when grown-ups will join you in playing "Ring Around the Rosie!"), and to crawl, roll, and run all over "The Big Hill" with a bunch of other people, none of whom are yelling "stop that!" Josh & Laura succeeded in re-capturing some of what we often shed as adults: the beauty and pleasure of simple movements in a public space on a lovely day. I thank them for creating a work that required we let go of the "why?" we grownups often need prior to doing something that a space inspires (like doing a "crab walk" down the face of Federal Hill!) And I thank all those who let go of the "why?", who grasped my children's hands, who opened themselves to doing something out of the ordinary to take the chance that it would be art--and it was!
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