“The practice of working with people to get them back to the honest expression of themselves, within the container of dictated mandates, of counts and steps—it mirrors something about the bigger picture in real life. I think a lot about the relationship between structure and freedom. What level of structure we need in order to support us to be our freest self.“
Read More“I feel like I’ve had a lot of moments of falling in and out of love with dance and at the time, when I graduated the training program, I wasn’t interested in being a dancer for someone. I felt that I had something to say, beyond just being someone's person. It’s interesting because as I started to build, grow, and choreograph more, I became more interested in being a dancer for people and learning from them.”
Read MoreZoë hovers near the stains, picks up the salt and begins to pour. The sound of the salt hits the paper like comforting white noise. Out of her pocket she takes two bottles, uncapping each and dripping their contents over the salt. Red and blue splash out; her feet grind the colour into the salt.
Read More“The beauty of our organization is that we are so inclusive. We take 99% of the people who walk through the door. We have an empty room and you can come use our empty room. There is always an empty room for you.”
Read MoreWhen thinking about making it, I think of my face and my core smiling. I think of my family being proud of me. I would also be proud of me. I would have found a balance. Not a delicate balance, but a grounded balance.
Read MoreMiguel uses queer performance to challenge and engage in subjectivity. He believes queer choreography looks at the dancer as a human instead of a performer on stage.
Read More“I didn’t decide oh I am going to make feminist art, I didn’t consciously think that I want to show lesbian relationships on stage…I didn’t think through any of those as conscious decisions. I thought this is my life experience and I want to show honest human experiences and I can only really do that from my vantage point. The more honest they are the more likely they will resonate with audience members…”
Read More“I make performances that are about things and are things themselves. The things they are about are big: how to live in the world, how to love, how to feel about being yourself. Probably the biggest question I make art about is: why are we alive?”
Read MoreThe choreography reflected the highs and lows of the music quite clearly. Whether it was with their head, feet or with a specific embellishment the movement followed along with the notes. The movement was more playful and flirtatious than any previous ballets I have seen.
Read MoreI believe our past experiences reside in our bodies. They lay like dust over our bones, muscles and nerves. Each interaction we have gives this dust an opportunity to dislodge, unmasking memories and lessons learned.
Read MoreWhen I left the performance I ended up humming and singing “The Rite of Spring” for most of the afternoon. It was infectious.
Read MoreBy speaking this poem, he is challenging the ideograph of “man” and reinforcing his own, one that supports his inner child and his innocence. Anis Mojgani will keep shredding apart and re-examining…
Read MoreThe whole show was very technically strong; the surge of power in each movement was very decisive and well placed. Even movements that were small and delicate were deliberately placed.
Read MoreSelf Evident Truths is a nationwide, traveling Polaroid camera documenting the spectrum that honestly exists within the LGBTQ community. Wright works as the face and photographer of the movement. Her goal is to travel across America documenting the differences in the gay community in 25 American Cities and to shoot about 10,000 faces.
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