What is ATS? A video from CN
Really listen to how Carolena describes ATS. Hell Yes. “When you rehearse together with the common goal of cooperation, the steps and movements become so second-nature that you can really ‘see’ the other person…”
Teacher Loyalty – a dying virtue?
I have written in the past of teacher loyalty, both in the “Teacher Loyalty Redux” as well as expressed my own homage to my dance Mommas in the lengthily named post “Sharon has two mommies…no, wait…four…no” The former is an … Read More
Why Yes, I am a Bellydancer.
I know quite a few dancers who are not on Facebook, where this was making the rounds a couple months back. Thought I would post it here for those who haven’t seen it. And dammit, it’s funny every time. And … Read More
Nightmare before Christmas as metaphor
Once upon a time there was a character named Jack Skellington. Jack was very very good at Halloween. Everyone looked to him for leadership because he was so good at it. As time went on, Jack became bored of Halloween. … Read More
Organic Process: The Art of Seeing
All the way back in May, I was pondering the collision of modern media and the organic process of artistic creation. In that post I wrote: “A sculpture or a painting–even a piece of music or a video–is not expected … Read More
Modern media kills the organic process?
I recently had a discussion with Read My Hips’ director Stephanie Barto about the effect of the internet and on-demand media on the natural organic progression of art. I think performance art struggles in particular in the new millenium, victim … Read More