{"id":10246,"date":"2020-04-16T11:52:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=10246"},"modified":"2020-04-19T18:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T22:49:38","slug":"alexx-shilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/alexx-shilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexx Shilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5070\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10246-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AlexxShilling.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AlexxShilling.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AlexxShilling.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10247\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10247 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thisdanceisstolen_headshot_small.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thisdanceisstolen_headshot_small.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thisdanceisstolen_headshot_small.jpg?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thisdanceisstolen_headshot_small.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Taso Papadakis, from &#8220;This Dance is Stolen&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"gmail-s1\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alexxmakesdances.com\/\">Alexx Shilling<\/a> is a Los Angeles-based <\/span><span class=\"gmail-s2\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">choreographer, performer, filmmaker and teacher fully committed to the infinite investigation of movement and its potential to uncover alternative narratives and allow us to remember. Her\u00a0original choreography and experimental films have been presented nationally and internationally, through residencies including Millay Colony, PAM, UCLA and Ebenb\u00f6khaus \/ Jewish Museum in Munich, and with generous support from institutions including Dance Films Association, Asylum Arts, Yiddishkayt, Center for Cultural Innovation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, CHIME (with mentor Bob Een) and California Arts Council both as Artistic Director of\u00a0<i>alexx makes dances\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>ann and alexx make dances\u00a0<\/i>(2004-2010).<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-p3\"><span class=\"gmail-s2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">She has collaborated as a performer most robustly with Victoria Marks and Richard Rivera\/PHYSUAL, and recently in projects by Christine Suarez, Kevin Williamson and Nickels Sunshine. Alexx holds an MFA in Choreography from UCLA\u2019s World Arts &amp; Cultures\/Dance Department and a degree in Dance from Skidmore College.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-p3\"><span class=\"gmail-s2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">She currently teaches at Loyola Marymount University and Cal State Long Beach, co-founded the performance platforms <i>Hi, Solo <\/i>and<i> Gold Series <\/i>and holds certifications in Pilates, Yoga, Open Source Forms and Fleming Technique.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10251\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10251 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=640%2C457&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=696%2C497&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=1068%2C763&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?resize=588%2C420&amp;ssl=1 588w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Absence-a-History_photographer-Taso-Papadakis240.jpg?w=1434&amp;ssl=1 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Absence a History,\u00a0 photo by Taso Papadakis<br \/>Sarah Leddy, Nguyen Nguyen, Dorothy Dubrule and Carol McDowell in\u00a0<i>Absence: a History<\/i><br \/><i>Absence\u00a0<\/i>was a suspicious attempt at constructing a past without proof; it was about creating testimony by first making fake family photographs and using them as movement language. For a change, the theatre space seemed like the perfect shadow box within which to investigate memory.<br \/>Highways Performance\u00a0Space, Los Angeles (2015)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10253\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10253 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017.jpg?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1018&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1357&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C461&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C708&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?resize=634%2C420&amp;ssl=1 634w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21780017-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Troost in the opening scene of The Sun Is Over the Yardarm (2004-5) , Conceived and co-directed with Ann Robideaux taken aboard the Lightship &#8220;Frying Pan,&#8221; Hudson River, photo by Bing Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AlexxShilling.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Alexx Shilling is a Los Angeles-based choreographer, performer, filmmaker and teacher fully committed to the infinite investigation of movement and its potential to uncover alternative narratives and allow us to remember. 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