Thoughts and Ideas 11/29/21
Musing
Corralling your thoughts. Scraps of paper with inspired ideas, notebooks full of choreographic notes, videos watched, ideas discussed, photographs... but none of it is accessible when it is time to 'start' a project. Sources from dance "Twyla Tharp the Creative Habit", and writing "Writing Tools", Roy Peter Clark, both recommend starting with a box. A physical box, like a file box. Label the box with the idea or theme. Then over weeks, months, toss your inspirations on this theme into the box and keep the box in sight. An analogy to composting, fertilizing, or growing a ball of string. Do you have a method for developing your projects? Discuss with a fellow artist.
Creative Experiment
Start anywhere except at the beginning, and choreograph to 16 bars of music in the middle of a piece of music, but don't start on a 1. See where it leads.
Escape and Inspiration
Theater: ALT's "A Christmas Carol", this weekend through, Dec. 24th.https://albuquerquelittletheatre.org/, Adobe Theater's "Greetings", this Th-Sun, repeating TH-Sun until Dec. 19. https://www.adobetheater.org/
Music: Chamber Music of Albuquerque "Dove Quartet" at Simms Center of Performing Arts, Albuquerque Academy, Sun, Dec. 5th at 3pm. https://www.chambermusicabq.com/, A Very Jazzy Christmas with the Band of Enchantment at the African American Performing Arts Center, https://rbmusic.ticketleap.com/jazzy-christmas/ Spanish Harlem Orchestra at the NHCC Sunday 7pm, https://www.nhccnm.org/event/3x-grammy-award-winner-spanish-harlem-orchestra/
Lights: The Twinkle Light Parade is Sat. starting at 5:15 along a mile of Central Ave. from Washington to Girard Blvd. The River of lights is open now until Dec. 30th, requiring a reserved time slot. https://riveroflights.org/. Winter Wonderland at Expo New Mexico features a lighted tunnel, larger than life decorations and live actors, thru Jan 2nd at https://tickets.holdmyticket.com/tickets/383706?tc=hmt . Old Town Holiday Stroll Friday at 6pm featuring music, dance groups and a tree lighting, https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/historic-old-town/old-town-holiday-stroll
Film: Climate Crisis Film Festival for the next two Saturdays, Mondays and, Tuesdays. https://www.abqtodo.com/addmievent/climate-crisis-film-festival/
Dance: Baila Baila this F, Sat, at the NHCC https://www.nhccnm.org/event/baila-bailas-christmas-in-new-mexico-2021/, On Display Global Dec. 3rd, Heidi Latsky Dance will host a 24-hour zoom performance. If you're interested in joining the virtual performance honoring people with disabilities, sign up for a time slot here: https://heidilatskydance.org/odg2021. Alternatively, folks can show up at Keshet at 4pm to participate in On Display with Keshet's crew at 4:30
Art: Albuquerque ArtWalk downtown, Friday 5-9 https://www.facebook.com/events/1030031157849454/
