How can I translate a highly personal process? How much time do I need to spend with the material alone? I want to make group works that feel like my solos - I am not interested in seeing dancers perform a movement, I want to see them grapple with it. I want to see its necessity. Why does the movement exist? Why is that gesture, that action necessary to the character? Is there something inside speaking? I am being moved; I am absorbed. What kind of time do I allow for that and how do I know when it is right? I don't want to see a dance. I want to see dancers living, spilling, embodiment. Not put on, but so needed.
This is what my thoughts look like on the page. This writing session was inspired by Steve Clorfeine's book While I was Dancing. The quote in the bottom right corner is taken from page ix.