Posted on Tue, Sep. 2, 2008
Inquirer: What was the biggest difficulty you had to resolve to get Flushdance from idea to performance?
Brian Sanders: Of late, it’s been finding and procuring the right venue/site/space for the idea I am working with.
Q: Do you expect your work to have legs? Is there life after LA/Fringe, or is most of what is created for the festival destined to be seen only on the Fringe circuit?
A: That all depends on if it’s any good. If it is any good, I would love it to grow and develop — “go on from there.”
Q: What’s the primary source of your concept — music, literature, geopolitics, personal experience, global tragedies?
A: Personal experience is number one for me and art in general is number two.
Q: How much does funding influence your choice of subject? Do you find that fear of losing it dampens the political choices you make in your work?
A: So far, I’ve managed to avoid the need for funding, but when it comes to pleasing a patron, I am all for it. As long as I remain willing to tell the patron to go fly a kite when their influence outweighs my artistic integrity.
Q: Is having an edge of political, social or community-based change important to your work, or is your sole goal the artistic outcome?
A: In general, I am not crazy about art for issue’s sake. I certainly don’t mind an issue influencing or inspiring an artist here or there, but when the issue overwhelms the work, I balk.
Q: How comfortable are you in expressing your work verbally — to audiences, media, friends?
A: Let's put it this way - I became a dancer and choreographer so I could more easily express myself.
Q: If you have performed in other Fringes festivals, tell us how Philly's compares.
A: So far, it's only been a Philly thing.
Show Details:
Brian Sanders/JUNK
Flushdance
9 p.m. August 29-31, Sept. 3-7, Sept. 10-13.
Mawby's
360 South Hicks St.
Web Links:
Festival show page: http://livearts-fringe.org/2008/details.cfm?id=4864
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