Thoughts and Ideas 11/14
CONVERSATION Starter
Props and unexpected prompts. Have you used props or unexpected prompts as a tool in your movement exploration? Sometimes a line in a book, a pattern on a wall, an object in your hand is all it takes. Something captures your attention and sets off a chain reaction that makes its way into the studio. Think of times this has happened for you and review the results and feelings that ensued. Discuss with a peer.
Creative Experiment
Find a cheap paintbrush or two. Place it/them in your palm(s) with the handle pointing down your wrist and the bristles just in line or barely past the finger tips. Now explore movement and think of brush strokes, explore all kinds of strokes, as if you are placing paint on a three dimensional page. Imagine the paint. How does your movement affect the beginning and end of the line? Make subtle and dramatic changes. See where your imagination and the prop take you. Involve your entire body. Discuss discoveries with a friend.
Escape and Inspiration
Dance: Keshet Center for the Arts Premiere 'Hevel' Sat. Nov. 19 6:300-8pm, 4121 Cutler Ave. NE. https://keshetarts.org/calendar-of-events/
Dance: "Room to Grow", new works of sound and movement by Lauren Coons at Maple Street Dance Space, Sat. Nov. 19th, 7pm. 3215 Central Ave. NE.
Exhibit: "Chocolate: The Exhibition" at the NM Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW. https://nmnaturalhistory.org/exhibits/temporary-exhibits/chocolate-exhibition
Art: Immerse yourself in the multiphase sound and visual installation "The Mountains Wore Down to the Valleys" 10-4pm Tues. to Sun thru next April at the NHCC, 1701 Fourth St. SW. https://www.nhccnm.org/event/the-mountains-wore-down-to-the-valleys/
Ahead in November: NM Ballet's Nutcracker Thanksgiving Weekend.
Ahead in Dec: A Very Jazzy Christmas with the Band of Enchantment, Saturday, Dec. 3rd, 7:00pm at Keller Hall at UNM Center for the Arts. BRT's Nutcracker at the Kimo Theater Dec 17-24.
A favor to ask! Please let us know about dance productions you are involved in or are aware of in Albuquerque. We want to know so that all ADC readers know. Apologies to those whose performances we missed!
