You are an exquisite teacher and artist. “Show me why this is important to you.” I’ve got to remember that line, lol. Then your clear NO, And masterful PIVOT. I wish my students could see this. I think this is the kind of practice that keeps the work honest. These are the dances that matter. The ones that defy critique because they are created with and by the communities that care. Yet you insist on making ART. Art that no one ever sees, but actually accomplishes what we hope, or at least I hope, our dances can do, which is to make an impact, or at least make the world a bit prettier. Thank you for sharing.
I am opened up by this comment. Stopped in my tracks, and slowed, way down.
I am writing the second half of your comment in my notebook, right now, so that I can bring it to the guys this afternoon. Read it to them for our final run through, before they perform tonight. Tell them that a magnificent and prominent choreographer/dancer/performer said these words. That they can take them in if they want, and let what you have said guide them more deeply, more poignantly, into the dance they will be sharing with a tiny audience, in a few hours. Thank you Gesel. I am moved.
You are an exquisite teacher and artist. “Show me why this is important to you.” I’ve got to remember that line, lol. Then your clear NO, And masterful PIVOT. I wish my students could see this. I think this is the kind of practice that keeps the work honest. These are the dances that matter. The ones that defy critique because they are created with and by the communities that care. Yet you insist on making ART. Art that no one ever sees, but actually accomplishes what we hope, or at least I hope, our dances can do, which is to make an impact, or at least make the world a bit prettier. Thank you for sharing.
I am opened up by this comment. Stopped in my tracks, and slowed, way down.
I am writing the second half of your comment in my notebook, right now, so that I can bring it to the guys this afternoon. Read it to them for our final run through, before they perform tonight. Tell them that a magnificent and prominent choreographer/dancer/performer said these words. That they can take them in if they want, and let what you have said guide them more deeply, more poignantly, into the dance they will be sharing with a tiny audience, in a few hours. Thank you Gesel. I am moved.
I hope you have a wonderful show!
it was wonderful. so wish you could have been there.
glen would be amazed and thrilled at how you’ve transformed that space. so fast. so completely. he’s reincarnated.
hmmmm.....how I wish he could see it....
SO pretty.
I am full of tears, wow.