Amy Chavasse
Let's start with a quote from dancer Amy Chavasse, who is in her 50s:
I’m all in with this dance/performance endeavor. Even as I continue to build on my skills as a teacher and choreographer, I still have big, tormenting questions about what matters and why. I love seeing the work of my peers and feel the most monumental sense of gratitude when I see my students making smart, provocative, enervating, radiantly rebellious work. I still haven’t made the dance I long to make…. Maybe just little shreds or moments of truth and liability…. Whatever that is. I love how dance makes me feel about the world, even in the midst of unaccountable cruelty. I love how dance changes what is available to us and teaches us how to watch things. I love touch and close and caring proximity to other people that happens in the rehearsal space or class. And I love how this physical inquisitiveness is unique to us.*
Through Life as a Modern Dancer, we read stories of dancers throughout their careers. We gain a beautiful and thorough perspective reading a wide variety of stories and career paths. Today we gather the posts organized by age to offer windows into growth as an artist over time, career milestones, setbacks, becoming a teaching artist, retirement, care of the body, major changes in modern dance over the past few decades, and much more.
Dancers in Their 40s
Dancing and Reflecting: Dancers in Their 40s (Reggie Wilson, Tiffany Mills, and Amy Foley)
Artist Profile: Pamela Geber Handman
Dancers in Their 50s
The Choreographic Moment: Ideas from Jo Kreiter
Dancers in Their 60s
Dancers in Their 70s
Artist Profile: Phyllis Haskell Tims
Artist Profile: Gerri Houlihan
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*To read Amy Chavasse's full artist profile, click here.
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Related posts:
2015 Wrap Up: Dancers in Their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s
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