To Be Alive
by
Gregory Orr

To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark.
That's crudely put, but…
If we're not supposed to dance,
Why all this music?

From Concerning the Book That Is the Body Of the Beloved (Copper Canyon Press, 2005)

KOTM collaborators improvise new music to nature inspired dances by choreographer Karin Stevens.

Read more about the performers here