Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: The Choreographic Moment

  • Dreaming/Preparing/Dancing: 4 Days until Let Slip the Witches with Bellwether Dance Project

    This week we are sharing several previews before the premiere of Let Slip the Witches, with Bellwether Dance Project, at the ODC Theater in San Francisco, April 4-6, 2019. We will hear from choreographer Amy Foley as well from her collaborators. Please join us! Purchase your tickets here. Amy Foley. Photo by Stephen Texeira. Today…

  • The Choreographic Moment: Ideas from Jeanine Durning

    Photo: Snorri Sturluson The choreographic moment is the spoon on the table that you think of picking up but then you notice first that it has remnants of last night’s dinner on it and you leave it there not because you decide to but because you start thinking about that uncommon sensation at the back…

  • The Choreographic Moment: Ideas from Stephan Koplowitz

    The choreographic moment can be any moment where your eyes, your brain, your heart and your body get rattled, rolled, rejuvenated and yeah, rocked into seeing your world, or the world differently. It's a moment that I cherish and strive to experience with as much frequency as possible. The choreographic moment is that moment where…

  • The Choreographic Moment: Ideas from Keith Johnson

    I believe we all have the need to create. Each one of us views the world through an individual lens and a collective lens. We share experiences about ourselves and hope in some small way that those viewing/witnessing connect with us whether it be a beginning of a dialogue, or a hand on a shoulder,…

  • The Choreographic Moment: Ideas from Jo Kreiter

    The Ghost of a Something By Jo Kreiter The choreographic moment is the beginning before the beginning. It’s when something gnaws. Or wakes me up at 3:00 in the morning. It’s when there is a ghost of a something I am beginning to intuit but have not yet fully understood. Every Thursday I drive down…

  • The “Choreographic Moment”: Ideas from Douglas Nielsen

    What is the "choreographic moment?" When does an idea form, movement turn into dancing, or a desire builds to create your new work? Throughout 2016, we will read ideas and essays from ten different choreographers. Today we hear from Douglas Nielsen. To read Douglas's full artist profile on the blog, click here. Photo courtesy of http://www.balletnebraska.org THE…