by Liz Lerman | Dec 31, 2014 | Archive, Art Making, Artistic Process
Field Notes from Liz Lerman This post was written on my birthday, December 25th, 2014 while I was visiting my daughter in Cambodia. Today I am 67 years old. Here is an account of some of what I have accumulated. Two parents and I have lost them both. Five...
by Liz Lerman | Nov 12, 2014 | Archive, Art Making, Conversations, Healing Wars
Field Notes from Liz Lerman Yesterday was Veteran’s Day. I think we need these reminder days that give us all a chance to think together about something or someone that matters to us. Before I started working on Healing Wars, a dance/theater piece set in a time warp...
by Liz Lerman | Jul 7, 2014 | Archive, Art Making
Field Notes from Liz Lerman Last month Jim Ross and I premiered our latest project. The orchestra memorized “Appalachian Spring,” and then they danced it. Our team included Martha Wittman, Vincent Thomas, and the conductor Enrico Lopez-Yanez. It was magical. Over 10...
by Liz Lerman | Jun 26, 2014 | Archive, Art Making, Conversations, Teaching
Field Notes from Liz Lerman It was such a surprising moment to be honored at Dance/USA a few weeks ago. Jawole Zollar’s introduction was in itself an honor, and it was a great pleasure to see so many colleagues all in one place. After giving my “speech” I sat down and...
by Liz Lerman | May 15, 2014 | Archive, Healing Wars, Teaching, Toolbox
Field Notes from Liz Lerman I am interested in how we observe our processes, discern them as repeatable actions, develop them to become tools for others to borrow and make their own. I believe that we can harvest our histories, make sense of what we did and describe...
by Liz Lerman | Apr 7, 2014 | Archive, Art Making, Artistic Process, Arts Leadership, Hiking the Horizontal
Field Notes from Liz Lerman Artists know that if categorized in one way, it will be hard to get observers, presenters, critics and curators to see them in any other light. And so the denial begins. It is sad to watch, and sad to be in that circumstance. I’m recalling...
