Choreographic and creative Projects
A little update: I am working on a few new projects that are coming up soon.
The first is a school project workshop week. The challenge was to come up with an idea for Teenagers - something current and cool. So my thought was what has been more in vogue the past years with dance than TikTok videos? Well there is a subject and theme. It’s a fun one and definitely I think there is a lot to it, to uncover and learn. TikToks format is a real rabbit hole of creative ideas and movement. To create a video in the format the question that comes is how do you package in a short (30 sec) dance video from one visual perspective with impact? Simplicity, complexity, movement forms, film tricks, wow effect, music, what are you wanting to express, what is your goal, what is attractive, what works and what doesn’t - for the artist and the audience, and what lasts? “Viral” isn’t automatically sustaining… That’s just a start to my thoughts!
The next project is with my LightArtDance group. “Touch” is the theme that I have been exploring with them. It is intense and sensual. Amazing in it’s power and feeling. There are a lot of thoughts to this subject on my blog already and more will follow. The ideas are starting to come together as is the choreography. Also some stage set ideas. Performances are scheduled for September (Sa. 17. and 24.). Though a lot of the work at the moment is organisational, getting in the studio is like a breath of fresh air… I love how the conceptual ideas start growing and take on a life of their own.
Without getting into specifics, in my process I am trying to work out a balance between having structured ideas where I know exactly what I want to express and experiments where curiosity and spontaneity can take over allowing expression to grows. There is a need for both forms and it is always a balance… control vs freedom, growth vs perfection, clarity vs suggestion. Everything has its place and effect!
I do think that in challenging myself to do things each time I have a project to approach the process differently gives me the chance to grow my skills and discover new ways. I am continually inspired by the creation that comes out of the rehearsal… lots to do but on a good way!
The third Project with performances on Fr. 7. and So. 9. October is something that I am really excited about. I received a grant to do an immersive dance piece. It’s titled “Tanz mit mir!” This is something totally new for me and each step that I take gets me hooked even further. It’s a concept that I had to rewrite 5 times to have it understood. All the effort put in and the obstacles that I have to, will have to overcome is making the experience even more rewarding.
The performance is about experiencing dance interactively, connecting with ones inner-self in movement and celebrating/living our inner need to move. It’s about breaking down, in another way, the lines between audience and dancer. It’s about not just watching a dance being performed, but actually being encouraged and having the space to try out movement. A lot of the excitement comes from the spontaneity and presence. Anything can happen and most likely will! It means people are present in the moment, there in the room, with little chance to escape in thought somewhere else, simply because they have a task to perform.
Also what excites me is having doing the performance in the space, instead of onstage. The piece is be set in 4 rooms in a Schoß (villa) where the audience and dancers are on the same level - in the room together. Each of the spaces performed in are unique and naturally create an atmosphere by themselves. The key is to create and experience that engages the senses. There is still a lot to work out here, but I am very excited (word used 4x in this section!) about the challenge!