Dance First, Think Later: 618 Rules to Live By

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Influenced by minimalist dance, institutional critique and queer theory, Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly’s practice (US, Brennan Gerard, 1978; Ryan Kelly, 1979, based in Paris) sits at the boundary of dance and contemporary art, while incorporating writing, video and sculpture. Klara Lidén, The Myth of Progress, 2008, video, in Dance First Think Later, 2020, Le Commun, Geneva. Photo Annik Wetter. Courtesy the artist and Arta Sperto.

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The terror of finding himself catapulted into the celebrity stratosphere chimed with a conversation he recalled with Richard Burton from years earlier on the set of a starry television miniseries about the composer Richard Wagner. Byrne – an unknown, fished off the dole to deliver “10 lines in six countries” as the composer’s despised patron – had suffered the indignity of a cut lip when a makeup assistant attempted to adjust his glued-on moustache on board a rowing-boat. “‘Hey lippy,’ said Burton, afterwards, ‘come and have a drink’”. Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine times out of ten someone will intercept it for you." ~Calvin Coolidge

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Created by Kathryn and Ross Petras, connoisseurs of quotes, whose books and calendars have over 56 million copies in print, "Dance First. Think Later." is a collection of the greatest life wisdom from an unexpected group of speakers, doers, and thinkers. There are 618 rules to live by—funny, sly, declarative, thoughtful, offhanded, clever, and always Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz, (CH, 1972 / DE, 1963, both based in Berlin), have been working together since 2007. In 2019 they represented Switzerland at the 58th Venice Biennale. Selected exhibitions include: Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin (2019); Centre culturel suisse, Paris; High Line Art, New York (2018); Participant, New York; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (2017); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven ; Asakusa, Tokyo (2016); Nottingham Contemporary; Kunsthalle, Vienna; Kunsthalle, Zurich; Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon (2015); CAPC, Bordeaux; Fort Worth Contemporary Arts; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Les Complices, Zurich (2012).

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Dance first, think later. Live in the moment, and don’t be too hard on yourself. Dance doesn’t just happen, it’s being intentional, and you have to be in the moment. Moreover, I think that the COVID-19 period was very “choreographic,” in the sense that we have never been so concerned about the way we move: we unlearned gestures that were natural and learned new ones; we questioned ourselves about compulsory or forbidden gestures and movements. In this way, we have caught up, without really being aware of it, with the questions and reflections that choreographers develop on the meaning and scope of a given gesture and movement, whether individual or collective. The impact of these reflections and of certain changes in behaviour will probably last for a long time. One such moment was at the Cannes premiere of The Usual Suspects, which threw him into an existential crisis from which he awoke in a hotel room many miles away, after praying for days to a God in whom he no longer believed. Travail de percussions très intéressants, sur ambiances tribales psyché... Par un habitué plutôt porté techno, bah... ces trois titres sont remarquables, ne lassent pas etMarie-Caroline Hominal, Maquettes (detail), 2018-2020, in Dance First Think Later, 2020, Le Commun, Geneva. Photo Annik Wetter. Courtesy the artist and Arta Sperto. La Ribot, Pièce distinguée no.54, installation-performance-dance, in Dance First Think Later, 2020, Le Commun, Geneva. Photo Emmanuelle Bayart. Courtesy the artist and Arta Sperto. La Ribot, Pièce distinguée no.54, exhibition view Dance First Think Later, 2020, Le Commun, Geneva. Photo Annik Wetter. Courtesy the artist and Arta Sperto. Dance is like a miniature express train. You move in the same direction but at a different speed. Life is a dance, not a race. It’s always best to be graceful and bring energy to the moment rather than trying to rush it. Marie-Caroline Hominal, Maquettes, 2018-2020; Instantanés, 2020, video, in Dance First Think Later, 2020, Le Commun, Geneva. Photo Annik Wetter. Courtesy the artist and Arta Sperto.