PRE-APOCALYPTIC JAM BAND DANCE SOIREE // My Barbarian

Performance, Video Synthesis (2016)

Klotzman was a participant in this 2016 Austin production, devised with My Barbarian and their “pedagogical model and (self-consciously) codified technique” known as PoLAAT (Post-Living Ante-Action Theater). This five-stage technique—consisting of Estrangement, Indistinction, Suspension of Beliefs, Mandate to Participate, Inspirational Critique—incorporates song, dance, levitation, trust circles, masks, signs and other elements to playfully reenact serious artistic, political, social and historical situations. My Barbarian was in residence with community members in Austin to develop PRE-APOCALYPTIC JAM BAND DANCE SOIREE for Fusebox Festival in collaboration with University of Texas Visual Arts Center and Pastelegram magazine.