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TC Tolbert is a genderqueer
poet, and feminist,

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and teacher, educator,
and activist.

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His work asks us--

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his poetry asks us
the question of how

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we read, how we
read bodies, how we

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read books, how we
read the world, how we

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read each other and ourselves.

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And in a way, the
compositional improv practice

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does the same thing.

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His work is arresting
visually, orally, aurally,

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on the page, off the page.

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He creates in his
work a space that's

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dynamic and uneasy,
similarly as do we

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as movement artists, musicians,
composers, improvisers,

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writers, readers.

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Katherine Ferrier, who
is visiting with us

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from New Hampshire, is a poet.

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She's a mover, a
dancer, an improviser.

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She's taught and performed
all over the US and Europe,

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including Finland, Italy, and
Russia, most recently Tucson.

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With us, she's our
teacher and our friend.

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We're happy to have her.

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The other members of the
Movement Salon ensemble

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are Katie Rutterer, Greg
Colburn, Kimi Eisele,

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who's not actively
performing with us today.

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But as we say, when you're
out, you're still in.

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So in that regard,
she's still in with us,

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Connor Gallagher,
who is not here

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this evening, Jen Hoefle,
TC Tolbert, and myself,

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and Vicki Brown.

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One thing about
compositional improvisation

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is that speaking, sound,
language, and the dancing

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body all smack up
against each other,

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and through these vital forces
creates a new space for us

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to experience together,
and for us to consider

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in aesthetic and creative ways.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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