Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities.

Angie Hauser photo by William Frederking

WATCH: ANGIE PERFORMING

Take a few minutes to watch this video of Angie dancing in one of Bebe Miller's pieces. Observe her performance quality, face, and whole bodied commitment. Make a list of 8-12 words to describe the movement or what you saw. 

"Necessary Beauty" Solo

DISCUSS: COLLABORATION

In Angie's artist profile, she mentioned collaboration multiple times. Below, you will also see Angie's bio from Bebe Miller's website. Take note of the use of the word "collaboration" within the bio. To you, what does collaboration look like and feel like within a dance project? What do you bring to the table? When and how does a group project fail? Collaboration is such a key component of many contemporary dance projects these days….what are you personally working on, to grow and improve as a collaborator?

ANGIE HAUSER (Performance) has been a dancer/collaborator with Bebe Miller Company since 2000. She has contributed to BMC works Verge, Landing/Place and Necessary Beauty, receiving a BESSIE award for her work in Landing/Place. In addition to her work with BMC she is a dance maker, performer and teacher who has been presented throughout North America and Europe.  She collaborates with many gifted artists in the field of dance improvisation including Andrew Harwood, K.J. Holmes, Darrell Jones, and Kathleen Hermesdorf.   She has an ongoing collaboration with dance artist Chris Aiken creating evening length improvisation performances in collaboration with musicians and other dancers.  She is an Assistant Professor at Smith College, Northampton, MA.

CONSIDER: TEACHING

Angie wrote, "My teaching became an important part of my dance research and training." Unpack this sentence; what does it mean to you? What is the role of teaching in your dance life? What might the role of teaching be in your future dance career? Consider the interplay between the roles of performer, choreographer, and teacher.

CONNECT: CHOREOGRAPHING

In her choreographic work with Chris Aiken, they are exploring "duration and the shape of attention." Within a course, talk about duration and "the shape of attention." When working on your next choreographic study, use these concepts as a lens when creating and viewing choreography.