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Photo: Aeric Meredith-Goujon   Improvisation – my life in general at the moment. Every move I make from waking up to falling asleep is a study in improvisation. How I use my desires and goals to get me through the day. All I’ve got is time and not many people, places, or things asking much…

  Shelter-in-Place Dance Dictionary By Raja Feather Kelly   I will preface by saying, as an artist I am not changed. Though my circumstances have, my integrity tells me I am ready, prepared, and willing to move myself through this time. These definitions are representative of my understanding.     Level Changes – a description…

  Shelter-in-Place Dance Dictionary by Colleen Thomas Day #49   Self-space / self spās / noun 1. the area drawn (mentally – like a force field) in a 6 foot radius around one’s body. Penetrable by young children. Teenage children sometimes need to soften before entering self-space. Husband mostly allowed if in a good mood…

Photo: Noah Lewis Shelter-in-Place Dance Dictionary as Biography as Bibliography…. By Christy Funsch   Self-space: “You are changing space. The space has never been changed quite like this before.” Deborah Hay Spatial awareness: Zaha Hadid; “Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the…

Audrey Johnson. Photo by Houssam Mchaimech from “towards.” Read Audrey's piece here. From Blog Director Jill Randall: It's been a LONG month in Shelter in Place. Hoping you are safe, healthy, and getting to enjoy dance in a variety of ways from home. —- This month on the blog, I have published a Movement Poem…

Frankie Lee Peterson III and Julie Crothers. Photo: Garth Grimball From Blog Director Jill Randall: Today I would like to share a review of the recent project MidCentury Blue(s)  – by artists Garth Grimball and Heather Stockton – through multiple voices sharing about the work. When I can, I invite two writers to the same…

Vicky Shick. Photo by Kegan Marling. Continuing to work on what you're working on By Megan Nicely Vicky Shick is a precise and powerful mover. Her casual elegance specifies an approach to oneself and others that is at once astute and accepting. There is ease and humor, which accompanies a deep knowledge and discernment about…

Laura Elaine Ellis, Lisa Bush, Diane Frank, Risa Jaroslow, Nina Haft, Wendy Rogers, and Sue Li Jue. Photo by Kegan Marling. Encounters with Vicky Shick By Valerie Gutwirth Back in 1980s New York, I loved Vicky Shick's work. It was luscious and spare, not romantic, and intensely, intimately connected. This evening I’m 25 years into…

The Wax Poet(s) – Garth Grimball and Heather Stockton – premiere their latest project today and tomorrow in Berkeley at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center. Check out the trailer here, filmed and edited by Heather Stockton, with music by Rhae Royal. A dance and lighting installation, the event runs about 30 minutes in length each iteration. Dancers…

From Blog Director Jill Randall: First off, I want to start from a place of gratitude. Thank you to all of the readers of Life as a Modern Dancer; thank you to all of the contributors throughout 2019. The site brings a lot of personal joy and satisfaction in my own life, and I hope…