Marti Reggio

MY LIFES WORK

Past

Age 5 exchanged nail-biting for a Kodak camera in hand. Age 6 illustrated with tempera paint, watercolors, pencils, crayons and wrote small books of familiar or imaginary animals, a self-assignment in a one-room schoolhouse in northeastern Nevada. Age 6-7 designed and handsewn fashion collection for a doll. Age 10, discovery of mentor Buckminster Fuller’s Weekly Reader column on change and invention from a generalist point of view.  Summers under the sun and in the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Fall-Winter-Spring walking alone in the N.E. Nevada mountains or high California desert on adjacent Native American Reservation. With an eye to see birds, animals, insects, and spirits presenting themselves from their perspectives.

Toronto Independent Dance Choreography Artists at 15 Dance Lab during 1970’s. May Rain performance in September 1979. Co-founder of Danceworks, at The Music Gallery, ongoing dance series 1976-2021. Travel to explore the roots of dance in Bali, Indonesia, with a dancer’s instrument, a 35 mm camera and curiosity. 1980-81

1978-79

Masks, goddess, and sound workshops—Ann Skinner

Jungian Analysis, feminine/masculine voice exploration through dreams—Dr. Marion Woodman

Clown workshop, Pochinko Technique. Instead of ridding oneself of anxieties, the clown performer leans into their own insecurities and foibles in order to package them as comedy—Richard Pochinko

1980-81

Mask dance lessons and performance, topeng: General, King/Queen; Pak Made Tempo, Tampaksiring, Bali.

1981

Summer—Min Tanaka, Weather Body, group and Bhutto performance

1982

Tai Chi:  Master DaLiu, New York City; Master David Ying, Oakland; Master Marshall Ho, Southern California; Master Don Ahn (push hands and primal scream) NYC

2014

Radical Dzogchen seminars/practice refuge in the nature of mind—Keith Dowman, Tibetan ancient text translator/interpreter

Present-Future

I look forward to sharing in publicity and group workshops, an interaction with others in this publication phase. Distribution in markets:  Feminist realities, multi-cultural interaction, Dreams/Visions, Holy Mountain spiritual journey in West meets Southeast Asia in Agama Hindu Dharma by a 20th century Pemangku Dalang/Village Priest Puppeteer, dancer/singer Pak Tempo, and a western dance traveler for change.