Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Blog Series: Questions We Ask Ourselves

  • Blog Series: Questions We Ask Ourselves

    Teacher/Performer/Choreographer On teaching…..what is the interplay between being a teacher and being an artist? Is it "yes/and?" "Either/or?"  How can teaching enhance your artistic work as a performer and choreographer?  And, more broadly, consider: Why performing? Why teaching? What and how are you sharing?  What and how are you a part of a community? ————————-

  • Blog Series: Questions We Ask Ourselves

    Do we underestimate the business skills a modern dancer needs in 2014?  This question has been on my mind this weekend. Whether you are a choreographer working towards a weekend of your work, or a teaching artist working for a non-profit, what business skills are needed to do your work and keep your work happening?…

  • Questions We Ask Ourselves

    From Blog Director Jill Randall: Thirteen questions you can ask yourself about the many aspects of a life in dance – as a performer, choreographer, teacher, lifelong student, arts administrator, writer, and more….. ———————————- What work is paying the bills? What dance work do you do that does not pay? What is artistically challenging and…