Friday, January 25, 2008

Days 1-3 in Austin!

I've arrived in Austin and have had three fantastic days working with the dancers of Ballet Austin. I am working with five women, Melissa, Michelle, Ashley, Alison and Jaime, and three men Reggie, Chris and Paul. In the first three days we worked with my movement vocabularly creating duets and solos. The process has been very productive and each dancer is bringing their own unique quality to the movement. The dancers are incredibly strong and creative so it has been quite easy to amass a great deal of material.
As we move into day 4 I will begin to take the movement we created together and collage it in the context of the music. I am very excited about this piece as it begins to take shape.

2 comments:

Kimberley said...

I have seen a Sidra Bell Dance performance and it was amazing. Watching the dancers movement so rhythmic and majestic. You find yourself lost in the performance. I took my daughters and they want to be dancers.

AustinYogaGirl said...

It was a really nice show tonight your did! Too bad they didn't tell us how to vote for you :( I have looked on the website and yoru blog and cannot find any information.