Whenever attempting to do any form of project with a group of people, one of the primary concerns is facilitating clear and concise communication. Members of a group need to not only be able to share their ideas with each …
Dialogic Dance Research as a Tool for Exploration
Before I participated in my first Dialogic Dance Research (DDR) session, the term “research” evoked images of undergraduate students mixing chemicals in a laboratory or carefully transcribing old letters in a quiet library. I had a very narrow scope of …
Thinking about Bones
Bones are part of my drawing professor’s practice. Lecturing about the drive to learn and make, she recounts sweeping an artist’s studio when she was sixteen so that in exchange for labor she could look at, observe, and draw his …
How do I talk about this work?
For me, the words connected to my work—dance, environment, and embodied experiences —carry weighted memories. A short while ago, for example, I could not conceive of dance outside of the realm of children’s classes and professional companies. Dance felt …