Photo: Lise Metzger

From Liz Lerman's recent artist profile: 

Since our institutions are failing all around us, artistic

practice is truly one of the great opportunities to make our

worlds better. I for one am willing to give up our

specialness in order to be more engaged. This can be small

and tiny (like teaching dance in a senior center once a

week) or it can be large scale (changing curriculum or even

the way we think artists should act in the world)…

 

And also, having just been part of a festival of dance in NYC

in the past few days, a real request that we question

ourselves. What are we doing? Why? Why this movement

here? Why this dance now? Asking questions is a way to

revive the self, and renew the world around us.

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