Category: Quotes

“White”     Photo by Ian Douglas We get to be embodied…that is a radical act. To be in touch with the very simple truths that are deeply expressed through the vessels of our bodies. It’s so easy to take that for granted and to dishonor that space. Dancing, although I sometimes feel like I could…

Photo: Lise Metzger From Liz Lerman's recent artist profile:  Since our institutions are failing all around us, artistic practice is truly one of the great opportunities to make our worlds better. I for one am willing to give up our specialness in order to be more engaged. This can be small and tiny (like teaching dance in a…

Adamantine (Darrin Wright, Luke Miller, Joseph Poulson)    Photography ©Rosalie O’Connor The major influences/mentors in my work have been the dancers and designers with whom I have collaborated. All of them brought and bring a body of artistic knowledge and experience that informs my work. The dancers have also taught me the sometimes difficult but crucially important lessons about being a director,…

From artist Gwen Welliver…..read Gwen's full profile on the blog coming up on October 10th. Teaching is lab time. I bring in an idea, others try it, and our work together activates the idea. Work created in the "classroom" is invariably more amazing than anything I could have ever envisioned – and this inspiration fuels…

Teaching and making work encompasses how I want to live my life and how I want to support others to find and create their own paths. I’m not sure how many other professions one can do that in. That’s what’s really special about dance to me. To read Abby's full artist profile, please click here. ————————–

Photo: Valerie Oliveiro From Cynthia's wonderful artist profile on the blog this week:   In what ways are you making a world you want to live in? In what ways might you not be? Does your art serve a purpose beyond being satisfying to you? What is it?  ————————

Inspiration for today from Ellen Bromberg: I now understand that the creative impulse supersedes obstacles, truly like water on its way to the sea. The important thing is to keep that energy moving inside, and the flow finds its way.  I feel grateful to be old enough to hold this knowledge, and yet young enough to…

From Eddie Martinez (of Pina Bausch), answering the question  What do you miss most about her? I miss her LOVE. The love she that she shared with each and everyone of us. Her passion for the work and for the company. Her love for her art. For being the best that one can be. To not settle…

Photo by Scotty Hardwig From Andrea Olsen's recent essay on the blog: Uncertainty is fundamental. If you aren’t open to being changed by making a work, why begin? If I already know what I’m going to find when I start a project, there’s no creative edge. My goal is to enter the mystery, to cultivate the…