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Lighten Up and PLAY
“play”–to engage in an activity for enjoyment…have fun, relax, frolic… In my new dance solo, I am exploring the power of being playful. As I share with the audience in patter between sections, it’s taken me a long, long time … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged agility, buoyancy, Choreography, Creative Process, Dance, enjoyment, flow, imagination, lighten up, movement, playful, possibility, quotes, relax
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Why Be Vulnerable?
Vulnerability. Ah, yes. Our old friend. Vulnerability: the state of being exposed to possible attack or damage, physically or emotionally. Why we would choose to be so assailable? Brené Brown reminds us why. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged artistic process, being seen, Brené Brown, Change, Choreography, comfort zone, Dance, expansiveness, failure, illusion of control, innovation, Inspiration, Performance, Performing, possibility, risk taking, Viola Davis, vulnerability
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More Vulnerability: Life Lessons from Dancing
Being in performance mode again last week highlighted for me that ever present, and often loathed, human condition: vulnerability. We human types are constantly “exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.” Yet, we often … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged artist, Brené Brown, Choreography, Dance, discovery, fallibility, frontier of the self, Inspiration, life lessons, meaningful, movement, passions, Performance, Performing, possibility, practice, risky, shame, taking a leap, uncertainty, vitality, vulnerability
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The Treasures of Collaboration
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”~Helen Keller The images in this post are the product of my collaboration with the multitalented photographer Nikki Carrara. Sure, I had some movement prepared that I wanted photographed. … Continue reading
The Courage to Experiment: Life Lessons from Dancing
“Life is trying things to see if they work.”~Ray Bradbury Heh. Well, after my previous post, trumpeting the importance about cultivating courage to venture again and again out of our comfort zones, fast forward to today. When I need to … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged artistic process, Choreography, collaboration, comfort zone, Connection, courage, Dance, dance performance, deer, expansiveness, experimenting, life lessons, movement, Ocean, possibility, process, quotes, risk taking, unfamiliar
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Process: Life Lessons from Dancing
Define “a process.” That was the task posed to me at my first job interview after I graduated from college. The interviewer posed the question, gave me some paper and a pen, and left the room for ten minutes or … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, Nature, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged alive, aliveness, artistic process, Change, Choreography, creating, Creativity, Dance, illusion of control, Inspiration, marsh, movement, possibility, process, product, product oriented, quotes, sea, uncertainty, uncomfortable
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Dance: An Elixir of Hope
Tomorrow, I am volunteering at a school to assist a group of adolescent students create a dance together. The themes they’ve chosen involve embracing our differences and love. Some of the details of the project are still fuzzy. And … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged accepting differences, body, body wisdom, Choreography, collaboration, Connection, Creative Process, Dance, elixir, empowerment, healing, hope, Joy, movement, mystery, openness, positivity, possibility, quotes, transcendence, uncertainty, understanding
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dancing solo
how can the studio so familiar feel this foreign and daunting limbs that relish movement balk: unsure, cautious, and taut the way, haunting, distant and vague… suddenly something memory? magic? or the sheer force of practice flickers and floods crimson glitter … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, poetry, Soulful
Tagged body, Choreography, Creative Process, Dance, expansive, glitter, movement, perseverance, poetry, practice, rehearsal, solo
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The Gasping Glory of Making Art
Recently, we attended a concert of music and dance at a high school where I had guest taught. There were many, many talented young artists sharing their work on an extensive, ambitious program. Yet, one of the standout moments … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged artist, being home, Choreography, Creativity, Dance, dancer, eternal, eternity, expansiveness, exultation, glory, importance of art, inimitable, Inspiration, Joy, making art, movement, positivity, radiance, reverence, self, soul made visible, transcendence
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What does “betweenness” conjure for you?
Greetings, WordPress Wonderland. As some of you know, I am working on a new dance piece inspired by the notion of “betweenness”….what lies between people, places, times, things…and more. Including the landscapes of liminality, of transition, of the borderland. I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Nature, Soulful
Tagged betweenness, borderland, choreographic process, Choreography, conjure, conversation, Creativity, Dance, hawk, images, imagination, in between, liminality, marsh, process, transition
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