I am interested in…
- in remembering why I started to dance and how happy I was at that moment
- in what we dance about
- in who gets to do the dancing
- in performers that look like people dancing, not dancers dancing
- in the idea that dance is a birthright
- in keeping professional dancers alive as human being
- in what dancers have to learn from people who have been in motion for over 60 years
- in how much dancers know and how little we share it with the rest of the world
- in how much dancers know and how little the rest of the world knows we know it
- in the time when people who are too fat, too clumsy, too old, too sick to dance, actually step out and dance, and how transformed the dancer and the watcher are in that moment
- in how my choreography is a vehicle for me to learn about anything I want
- in the continuing hunt for interesting movement vocabulary that satisfies performers, watchers, and the subject matter
- in the aesthetic, physical and social implications of combining young and old
- in making an environment that somehow leaves room for individual and collective participation but stays loyal to an artistic idea and focus
- in the continuing challenge of making personal expression valuable to me, the dancers, and the lady next door.
Excerpt writing from Liz, in style of her “Perpetual Prompt” tool from the Atlas of Creative ToolsⓇ
