An Exercise in Entertainment

A performance for solo movement artist and audience

On October 15th, 2024 I did a work in progress showing of the latest version of Exercise in Entertainment (Vol. 3). I am hoping to get this piece out in to the world in 2025!

One page of the commemorative booklet for people who join the movement choir.

One page of the commemorative booklet for people who join the movement choir.

A performance for solo movement artist and audience

Developed over five years, An Exercise in Entertainment, grew out of research into the history of the American industrial entertainment complex. Redgrave draws on the vaudeville format to reflect on his position and the history of his own desire to perform.

The piece has nine acts that culminate in an invitation to the audience in the form of a gift, a program that contains a set of poems and instructions to a movement choir score that makes the finale.

This project is getting back in gear. Keep an eye open and let me know if you want to see it!

An Exercise in Entertainment developed out of work-in-progress performances during 2019. This is from dance H0L0 in Queens, NY. Photo by Yuko Tonohira.

An Exercise in Entertainment developed out of work-in-progress performances during 2019. This is from dance H0L0 in Queens, NY. Photo by Yuko Tonohira.

Another work-in-progress showing at Rhizome DC. Photo by Madonna Tyler Leblanc

Another work-in-progress showing at Rhizome DC. Photo by Madonna Tyler Leblanc