Throughout the year, I offered easy writing prompts for dancers interested in building their writing skills and content – for websites, grant proposals, and much more. Here is the compiled list of exercises and related reading. You are welcome to explore the material anytime or use the activities within a college course.

Exercises:

#1: Begin to Describe

#2: 3…2…1…

#3: Your Bio

#4: 31 Days of Questions (Let's Write Every Day)

#5: Formulating Questions

#6: Creative Writing from Three Perspectives

#7: Parse Out…..Working Piece by Piece….with Patience

#8: Synonyms

#9: The Act of Writing to Deepen Your Teaching Practice

#10: Free Write and Revisions

#11: Metaphors

#12: Transcript of a Dance

#13: Crafting Questions

Related reading:

MA Program in Arts Journalism at USC 

A PR and Marketing Guide (Offered through Dancers' Group)

Let's Keep Coming Back to the Why and How of Writing and Talking about Our Work

Inspiration from Artist Cynthia Oliver

Article: The Writing Assignment That Changes Lives

Essay: Writing Dancing by Andrea Olsen

Essay: Languaging Dance by Megan Bridge

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