When a dancer writes an Artist Profile for the blog, we frequently ask them to offer questions for other choreographers to consider. These questions and wonderings are beautiful opportunities to deepen and craft our work. Click on any artist's name to read their full artist profile.

The work of Heidi Henderson; photo by Ian Douglas

Questions from Dayna Hanson:

Why am I doing this? Why do I want to do this? Am I enjoying this? Am I following default impulses? What is my work in dialogue with? Who am I communicating with? How do I situate my work in a larger context, and how do my values show up in my work and process? Can I express in words my aesthetic concerns? And really, why make durational work?

Questions from Heidi Henderson:

As a choreographer, questions on your mind right now:

How boring can I be? How can I stick to making what I make despite the fact that I do not make evening-length pieces about issues? Waffling between caring and not caring if lots of people see my work.

From Raja Feather Kelly:

When does the performance start?

Is it what or is it how?

When, why and how is the audience necessary?

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