Welcome to the Paris project bulletin board! I’ll keep updating the schedule as needed so it always reflects how I think things will go (to the best of my knowledge and imagination). I haven’t put breaks into the schedule - they will happen as needed (open to discussion/negotiation) - I just want to give an outline here of how the days will be organized. If any changes spring up suddenly, I’ll reach out via email. If you have any concerns, conflicts, questions, just ask (email belindamcguire@belindamcguire.org or text at 917-32-4786). My goal is always to provide the conditions that best support/enable us to do our best work, because that feels good and is sustainable/productive. Thank you for working with me, it’s a pleasure to have you all onboard.
LOCATION
American Center for Art and Culture
34 Av. de New York, 75116 Paris, France
SCHEDULE
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{…} = Belinda notes to herself
Sunday Nov 14
9:55 - flight arrives [Belinda]
Monday Nov 15
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [just Belinda unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-14 - episode II
14-16 - episode III
16-18 - episode II [with volunteer golden bathers?]
18-19 - mess around with props and equipment
Tuesday Nov 16
9:20 - flight arrives [Doug] - drop off bags at ACAC any time…apartment available at noon…make yourself at home, let me know if you’re up to hang!
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available
10-12 - warmup/training
12-14 - episode II
14-16 - episode III
16-18 - episode II [with volunteer golden bathers?]
18-19 - mess around with props and equipment
Wednesday Nov 17
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-14 - episode I
14-16 - episode II
16-18 - episode III
18-19 - whatever [just Belinda]
Thursday Nov 18
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-14 - episode I
14-16 - episode II
16-18 - episode III
18-19 - whatever [just Belinda]
Friday Nov 19
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-14 - episode I
14-16 - episode II
16-18 - episode III (we might end earlier)
18-18:30 - pack up/get pretty/travel to Centre Pompidou
18:30-whenever - soiree at Centre Pompidou [Patricia + Belinda + Doug if you’d like + other artists? (the whole team is welcome, but Patricia will need to register each of us for the event]
Saturday Nov 20
10-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted] - I’m thinking to use this day to touch base on everything, run + notes style, maybe invite a friend or two to watch, get a sense of hot it’s all coming together, start a bit later, end much earlier.
10:30-12 - warmup/training
12-13 - episode I
13-14 - episode II
14-15 - episode III
Sunday Nov 21
OFF - Jae and Gabby arrive?
Monday Nov 22
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-14 - episode I
14-16 - episode II - [with volunteer golden bathers Jae + Gabby + Claire + maybe Zoé - Doug not needed for 14-15:00?]
16-18 - episode III
18-19 - mess around with props and equipment [just Belinda] {we probably have to move all our stuff from these galleries to the upstairs gallery for the Tuesday event… but maybe otherwise it’s ok to keep props etc in the space? MAKE SURE MONA BEDROOM IS CLEAR - KEEP IN YELLOW OFFICE OR BIG SALON FOR TUESDAY}
evening - Jacqueline arrives
Tuesday Nov 23
9:30-19 - upstairs ACAC gallery available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-14 - episode I
14-16 - episode II [with volunteer golden bathers - Jae + Gabby + Jaqueline + Juliette + Claire]
16-18 - episode III
18-potentially until 22 - mess around with props and equipment [just Belinda]
Wednesday Nov 24
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-15 - episode II - teaching new bathers + costume “fitting” + rehearse full section + film experimentation [with hired golden bathers - Doug not needed for the first 45 minutes, Derrick might swing by] {try filming with 360 camera}
15-16:30 - episode I + III [volunteer extra hands would be useful here, to learn light cues]
16:30-17 - prep for episode I and III - lights?
17 - sunset
17-19 - episode I and III [w/volunteer extra hands + 3-5 volunteer golden bathers] {try filming with 360 camera}
Thursday Nov 25
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-11:30 - warmup/training
1:30-14:30 - episode I + III
14:30-16:30 - episode II [with properly hired golden bathers - Doug lunch 14:30-15:15 or so]
16:30-17 - prep for episode I filming
17 - sunset
17-19 - filming of episode I [w/volunteer extra hands + 3-5 volunteer dancers] {4 runs - 3 with Derrick + one with 360 camera}
Friday Nov 26
9:30-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
10-12 - warmup/training
12-12:30 - prepare to film episode II [hired golden bathers + Derrick]
12:30-15:30 - filming of episode II [hired golden bathers + Derrick] {4 runs - 3 with Derrick + one with 360 camera}
15:30-16 - prepare for showing
16-17 - showing* of episodes I+II (for invited guests, informally but in costume) [hired golden bathers + volunteer extra hands]
17 - sunset
17-18 - showing* of episode III [volunteer extra hands]
18-19 - whatever
*we can choose to show not all sections, or just parts of sections, but it would be nice to run it all.
Saturday Nov 27
12-19 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
12-13:30 - warmup/training
13:30-15:30 - episode III {Doug focus}
15:30-17 - episode III [Doug as outside eye for a bit?] {Belinda focus}
17-19 - whatever {pack up everything that can be packed up, prepared for return etc. + set up anything that needs setup for next day}
Sunday Nov 28
15-21 - ACAC galleries available [Belinda + Doug unless otherwise noted]
15-17 - warmup/training
17-17:30 - prepare to film episode III [Derrick + 3-5 volunteer dancers]
17:30-20:30 - filming of episode III [Derrick + 3-5 volunteer dancers] {we will run/film this section four times (15-20 minutes each) - maybe a 5th+6th time with 360 camera? That might be nuts, but this section won’t be as intense/demanding physically as the others.}
20:30-21 - pack up and leave
21-? - dinner, drinking, making merry
Monday Nov 29
13:20 - Belinda flies home
15:55 - Doug trains home
NOTES (preemptively answering questions you might have):
each episode is 20 minutes long
golden bathers are involved for the entirety of episode II, not at all in episode III
3-5 volunteer dancers are needed for a 10 second cameo at the end of episode I, just to walk in silhouette across a doorway while wearing something form-fitting like a unitard.
for Belinda and Doug, episode I is most vigorous, episode II has vigor but also pauses of other not-so-dancerly activity, episode III has less dancerly/vigorous activity with pauses of dancing vigor. So it goes from most physically taxing to least, and I try to schedule our days with that in mind.
episodes I and III are filmed (and ideally shown) after sunset, episode II is filmed in daylight
PERSONNEL ONSITE
Belinda McGuire - Nov 15-28
Doug Letheren - Nov 16-28
Derrick Belcham - Nov ?-28
TBD volunteers
TBD golden bather volunteers
golden bathers for filming (Laura Careless + Jaqueline Calle + Juliette Morel + TBD + TBD) - Nov 24-26