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BareFootNotes - Notes, Observations, and Things I Learned from The Dance Enthusiast's Founding Editor - Christine Jowers (and guests) Parallels 2012 and Twenty-Three Things I Learned Last Week About Ishmael Houston-Jones.What does 'Black' dance mean to you?In 1982 Ishmael Houston-Jones created the original Parallels Platform asking the question, “What is Black dance?" Thirty years later he still questions our terms and definitions. Houston-Jones wants to tease out what ‘Black dance’, and ‘African-American dance’ mean today, if anything. Are we part of a post-black, post-racial age? Or? --Christine Jowers, New York  From Our Friends at Dance /USA's Green RoomThings I Learned About Artistry at the 2012 Dance Forum in NYC-January 24, 2012How strangely wonderful to hear of the deep commitment to artistic process at the kick-off the 2012 “Dance Forum: Residencies in Dance,” organized by Dance/USA and hosted as a pre-conference event by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP)... ... read more  What I learned This Week About Improvisation-November 28th, 2011Artists Prepare for Movement Researches 2011 Fall Festival -20 Years of Rigor,Devotion,Sustainability-November 28-Dec 4, 2011Suddenly, the lyrical Achugar becomes a witch.Exactly how the transition occurs I am not sure, but it has something to do with speed and intensity. Loose -limbed pleasure and the freedom of near nakedness are overtaken by a pair of arms whispering to their owner, “let her rip.”And she does. ... read more  Get On The Couch with The Martha Graham Dance CompanyThe Martha Graham Dance Company Launches On The Couch: An Inner Dialogue CompetitionParticipants can enter the On the Couch Competition by downloading a video of a three-minute Graham dance. The dancer begins and ends the solo on a couch and dances through a series of emotions. The contest challenges competitors to add a voice-over or text to the solo that reveals the character's thoughts beginning with the sentence, "Doctor, it's happening again. Winners will be announced on March 12, 2012.  What I Learned These Week About Being Scary - November 16th, 2011A Response to Michael Kaiser, president of The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing ArtsI am thrilled to be part of the "scary trend" that Michael Kaiser refers to in his HuffPo article. |
