Category: Blog Series: The 2015 Virtual Writers’ Workshop for Dancers

By Jill Randall     Writing Exercise #10: Free Write and Revisions Today I am inspired by something Onye Ozuzu wrote in her artist profile on the blog this past winter: Be visionary, entrepreneurial: How can your skills add value in the world you see around you? Think outside the box. Develop the ability to articulate (talk,…

By Jill Randall     Writing Exercise #9: The Act of Writing to Deepen Your Teaching Practice   Today's post takes inspiration from a project I did this summer with dancer Leah Cox, who is the Associate Dean of the American Dance Festival. I asked Leah to join me on this blog this summer –…

From Blog Director Jill Randall: I posted this piece on the blog the other day, but also wanted to post it once more under the "Virtual Writers' Workshop," as it is such a fabulous piece about the interplay of writing and dance making. ———————— The Place of Dance: A Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance…

By Jill Randall I just read the article entitled Languaging Dance by Megan Bridge, Executive Director of the thINKingDANCE organization in Philadelphia. This quick read continues our conversation about words on dance and the role of writing in our artistic lives. —————

By Jill Randall     Writing Exercise #7:  Parse Out…..Working Piece by Piece….with Patience I hear it all of the time – dancers who loathe writing, whether it be a grant application, college course syllabus, or class description. I myself never imagined I would be writing about dance. Over the past years, it has simply…

By Jill Randall*     Writing Exercise #6: Creative Writing from Three Perspectives   This playful writing task asks you to write from your own, real perspective, and then to get creative to write from a few other angles. Through this, you will be challenged to describe and articulate. Whether you are creating text about…

From Blog Director Jill Randall:   I am thrilled to create another monthly column for the Life as a Modern Dancer Blog. Whether you are a college student or a professional dancer, we all need to keep developing our writing skills.   I want us to tackle the common misconception that dancers only need to communicate…

From Blog Director Jill Randall:   I am thrilled to create another monthly column for the Life as a Modern Dancer Blog. Whether you are a college student or a professional dancer, we all need to keep developing our writing skills.   I want us to tackle the common misconception that dancers only need to communicate…

From Blog Director Jill Randall:   I am thrilled to create another monthly column for the Life as a Modern Dancer Blog. Whether you are a college student or a professional dancer, we all need to keep developing our writing skills.   I want us to tackle the common misconception that dancers only need to communicate…