Extreme Skin, 1977

18 performers

There are no remaining artist notes for this work, however, I remember that it was driven by an interest in furthering the “honest” movement of physical exertion that characterized Lean Cuts.  The “extreme” aspect was exertion and the size of the group. I also remember that I wasn’t prepared to take the kind of risks I took with my own body with others, so the movement took on more playfulness and humour than that of Lean Cuts. I was uninterested in expressivity and in working with conventional dance vocabulary. The poses, particularly the glamour girl pose, are in hindsight the beginning of an interest that grew into the signed body language of Demo Model, which was critical of mimesis in dance.
– ec 2014

Performed at A Space, 85 St. Nicholas St., Toronto, December 1-4, 1977

Performers:
Mary Anderson, Margaret Atkinson, Michael Baker, Ron Boychuk, Catherine Carpenko, Phyllis Eckler, Anne Egger, Irene Grainger, Jim Gronau, Jean Hamilton, Darlene Hawke, Janice Hladki, Debbie Jones, Patti Morley, Paula Ravitz, Kathy Richan, Andrew Ross, Zella Wolofsky.

Photos: Lynn Rotin

Reference: E.C. at A Space, Graham Jackson, Spill No 8, 1977