Two Interactive Artist/Audience Exchanges with Peter DiMuro

An Interview with Peter DiMuro

Jacqueline Lawton: What type of artist are you?
Peter DiMuro: I’m the type of artist that has been doing it so long- I don’t remember what I do...really. Started out in theatre, moved to dance, back to dances with text, and now I move a little and make some dances, direct some theatre, and get people talking about their art, and try to get them curious...

JL: If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?
PD: At this moment, with the snow, maybe Paris. Maybe Venice. If I could change years, it would be 1984 New York.

JL: What is your personal theme song?
PD: The theme from the old “Mary Tyler Moore Show” (Who Can Turn the world on with a smile....you’re gonna make it after all!)

JL: Why did you want to be a part of intersections?
PD: I know that the most interesting things happen when the mix of interest, of people, and backgrounds come together- this has been true in all the work I have made-especially in the thousands of people I came into contact with making art with Liz Lerman Dance Exchnage...when we become too much the same, there is nothing new created.

JL: How do you feel your performance fits into the festival?
PD: Well, since my purpose in being involved is to instigate some dialogue about what happens, I hope that I am really listening well and connecting some dots for audiences and performer/creators.

JL: Finish this sentence: I am an intersection of...
PD: A Danish machine-shop working Mother, an Italian small town chief of police Father, a Mayberry like upbringing in northern Illinois fastforwarded through decades of wonder and curiosity, function and dysfunction, detached observation and full participation.
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Two Interactive Artist/Audience Exchanges
led by Peter DiMuro of Dance/Metro DC
Part 1: “Point Me Toward the Crossroads, But, Please, Somebody, Give Me A Map!”
This experiential dialogue among festival artists and audiences will prime our active curiosities to be a tool for making the experience of a performance (both on the stage and in the audience) an integral step in meaningfully intersecting our lives and art. The session will feature the artists who have collaborated to create “Origins”, a melding of artistic styles, cultures and aesthetics from three movement-based companies, along with other festival artists.
February 21 at 6:00 PM
Lab 1
Free

Part 2: “After the Intersection, Where Do I Go?”:
INTERSECTIONS invites festival artists and audiences (both new-to-the-arts and avid fans) to gather on the festival closing day. Now that we’ve connected, crossed, collided and collaborated, how do we extend the experience of the festival – helping us to see down the road through an “intersections” lens? We’ll delve into some of the best interactions that occurred in creating and experiencing the Intersections Festival, as well as learn from some of our best mistakes. Join us as the journey continues.
Mar 7 at 4:00 PM
Sprenger Theatre
Free

http://www.dancemetrodc.org/