I hunger for this world to stop folding into sporadic creases of chaos. From my
brother’s friend all of a sudden having potential brain damage, to the gruesome
Israel-Lebanon war, I feel as though we’re all falling apart. Sometimes, if I
think about the state of mind we’re in long enough I start to cringe and wince
and I want to shout “Take me the hell away from his all!’ but I don’t want to
leave it at all. I want to stay, see if I can’t change anything. Not that I’m a
goddamn martyr or anything, but I just want all of the ones we love to sleep
peacefully in rooftop canopies, with nothing but breezy ribbons gliding through
the air. And over their foreheads.
- Lily
I hunger for time
to laugh, to cry, to make mistakes, to be
I hunger for acceptance
of others, of myself, of my stubborn hair
I hunger for opportunities
to develop, to love, to be loved
I hunger for a niche
a place of my own, a role to play
Tell me what to be and I’m confident I can be it. I hunger to know.
Why do I hunger what I hunger for?
- Marilyn
A bad girl is tight black leather pants and piercings. She is drugs tattoos,
motorcycles and long hair. A bad girl is rebellious and loud. A bad girl is
promiscuous and mysterious. With so many things to hide, it’s no wonder she
says in dark places. – Marilyn
A bad girl is trouble. She sneaks around creeping in the shadows. She cries for
attention. In many ways. Ways like smoking and drinking to much. Or giving
herself away. A bad girl is sad. She doesn’t have true friends. She has a hole
in her chest. Where she once had been hurt. And now the pain is part of her
norm. A bad girl needs protection from her tormented self. She needs a hand to
hold. A hand to help her out of her hole. - Kelcie
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TRUE BODY PROJECT AND THE FRINGE FESTIVAL
THE PROCESS
The True Body Project presented two performances of BODY LANGUAGE: A RADICAL
TRUTH in the spring of 2008. It was a work being created by Cincinnati teens in
collaboration with area directors, actresses, dancers and choreographers. The
process included sending a team of girls and women into the
community. They conducted workshops and to gather stories and surveys
about our relationship with our bodies and the secrets we may be keeping. This
creative research was the foundation for a short performance for the
Living Dance Project at the Aronoff Center on April 18th and at the Cincinnati
Fringe Festival in early June. Visit www.thelivingdanceproject.org and www.cincyfringe.com .
PERFORMANCES
The 55-minute Cincy Fringe piece was performed four times at the School of
Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA). It featured Cincinnati-Area girls and
women, ages 9-70, in their journey to discover the truth about our complex
relationship to our bodies. This collaborative, community based work was
created in response to the writings and surveys of more than 200 girls and
women.
PHOTOS
For performance photos, go
here. To see photos of the women and girls who engaged in the workshop
process, see below.
REVIEWS
BODY LANGUAGE WINS AUDIENCE PICK OF THE FRINGE!
Body Language is one that we can all understand.
City Beat critics pick!
Cincinnati Enquirer
PLAYERS
This was a collective work of too many girls and women to list here. Some
of them are pictured below and at our
Performance Photo Page. Our Fringe Festival piece features the
following members of the ensemble, chorus and production crew.
Julianna Bloodgood
Kristin Henderson
Lily Raphael
Adrienne Clark
Shannon Faith
Sarah Stephens
Kendall Karg
Dione Hardin
Olive Frank
Emily Frank
Audrey Albin
Claire Autrans
Susan Autrans
Jodi Stull
Julie Sunderland
Barbara Sferra
Kay Kaple
Stacy Sims
Clare Strasser
LoraBeth Barr
PARTICIPATE
Help us find out the truth about what it is like to be female in the year 2008.
You can participate by filling out our “The Truth of My Body” SURVEY. You can also help us out by going to the
Raise Your Voice section of our website and sending us your written
response to one or more of our 6 writing prompts.
Or let us know if you would like us to visit your high school, college, book
club, yoga studio, treatment facility or other places where girls and women
gather. Schedule permitting, we will come to you and conduct an hour
and a half workshop. Please send us a request to info@truebodyproject.org.
CREATE
Does this process intrigue you? Would you like to consider replicating our True
Body community research process and creating your own work (theatrical,
literary or film) in another city? Please contact stacy@truebodyproject.org for more information.
COMING SOON
Coming soon. More info about BODY LANGUAGE New York and Los Angeles!
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