Don’t know why I did that?

Have you ever choreographed a piece under pressure and afterwards felt like someone had inhabited your body and taken over?  Have you stepped back and wondered where it all came from?  That the piece stirs deep emotions within you but you couldn’t write an accurate script to accompany it?
Upon asking the dancers how performing the piece makes them feel they all connect the piece to their own story? What follows is a deeper understanding of who we all are.
I love this part of my work.
It would take years to build this kind of sharing and trust through verbal communication we would put up barriers.  Dance speaks volumes.

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  1. Ken's dancer21 March 2018 at 10:21

    Jane,

    You have just expressed a fabulous thought. Perhaps each person finds something different within a work and may interpret that work differently. If only dance critics and academics might remember to remain objective in viewing dances and interpretations. Sometimes trying to force one and only one meaning to a dance work is acceptable. But even classic ballets may be seen in many different lights. Objectivity, perspective, and perception are individual.

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  2. Hannah Lindsay21 March 2018 at 14:53

    YES. I've definitely felt that. It's a horrible feeling, that feeling of almost letting the music down, so to speak. But it's always a wonderful counterpoint when dancers are like, no no, it meant a lot to us! That was how my senior project performance was (as a performer, not a choreographer)--not great faculty feedback, but dang, the audience feedback was fantastic. It's good to know I touched so many people.

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