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[Financial District--Manhattan]

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[New York Close Up]

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[Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Studios]

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["Shana Moulton's Portable Performance"]

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How did that look? Pretty good?[br]

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[Shana Moulton--Artist]

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Did it seem like I was scrolling my iPad or iPhone?[br]

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So that’s...that’s the sort of part I need to coordinate before I go is getting that timing right.[br]

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OFF CAMERA: With obviously not your fingers but your full body? SHANA: Yeah, right. [br]

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This is my wig bag. It’s all wigs. Well, and some bags. [br]

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Okay, wig, book light, I think that’s it. Oh, I have a list.[br]

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I got it. [br]

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So I hadn’t been performing so much before I came to New York.[br]

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And then I also didn’t have a studio then. I was so broke when I moved here, so I decided to try to build the set with stuff that I could animate on my computer.[br]

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So that was like the first time I made this decision to scale down and make this portable performance. [br][br]

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It’s usually like me running around on the subway or maybe a car service if I’m feeling really glamorous. [br]

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With like all my props, you know on my arms, and uh, setting up half an hour before the performance starts.[br]

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[Bronx River Art Center--Mott Haven, Bronx]

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[Tonight is the opening]

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With these performances I don’t really know exactly how big this projection will be you know in relationship to my body. [br]

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You know if I’m like taller than this projection then that’s not going to really work. [br]

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The worst is like if I get there and I can’t test you know the...the DVD and the projection. [br]

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And I hate that feeling of not being totally prepared.[br]

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You know at an opening the attention span is you know at a certain level and something a lot longer than ten minutes is just like too long or....[br]

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I mean especially for my work it’s not about...it’s not really about that kind of challenge. [br]

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How’s the makeup looking?[br]

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OFF CAMERA: You’re getting there. [br]

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SHANA: Okay. [LAUGHS][br]

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Sometimes people don’t realize that I’m in a costume. They just think I’m a...the wacky woman skulking in the back.[br]

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[Erin Riley Lopez--Curator]

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Are you starting?[br]

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ERIN RILEY LOPEZ: Yeah...I wanted to...I didn’t realize you were out here.[br]

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SHANA: I’ll be right behind you. [br]

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♪[br]

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Leading up to the performance is totally nerve-wracking, but once I’ve started I love it. I’m like having a great time.[br]

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♪[br]

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I eat pink. [br]

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[APPLAUSE][br]

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Yeah, it was a nice response, wasn’t it? Yeah, yeah, I was happy. I mean people...[br]

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People tend to respond positively for most performance, so I don’t know if I can really go off that as, you know a gauge for how successful it really was but....[br]

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I felt...I felt alright about it. You know.[br]

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You know it’s...it’s a job. [br]

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As long as I’m prepared it works out fine. [br]