How does ParaTheatrical ReSearch present itself to the public?
About 80% of our work (since 1977) has commenced behind closed doors without audience or any witnesses beyond myself as facilitator. The deeply internal nature of this work requires an equally private environment to nurture and achieve its various asocial, kinetic, spiritual, and creative aims. When a given group reaches a critical mass of skill and proficiency in this medium, a performance event is considered and sometimes scheduled. ParaTheatrical ReSearch public events have taken on four distinct formats: 1) Witnessing (a public invitation to sit in on an actual lab session with no explanaton of actions) 2) Demonstration (public lecture explaining aspects of the work accompanied by demonstration) 3) Performance (where specific ritual structures are performed often accompanied by text and/or live music) and 4) Video documents (distilled presentations of a ritual lab accompanied by facilitator and participant commentaries). The history of ParaTheatrical ReSearch public events are post
