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CONVERSATION Starter

"Rename, Reframe, Recast." The phrase came from a recent radio broadcast of New Dimensions with Dr. Ellen Meredith. Instead of looking at a state of being from the outside in, the interviewee posed looking from the inside out. I connected it to the relabeling of assumptions. Contemplate the concept. Can the concept be used in your art creation? Discuss with more than one person.

Creative Experiment

Take a simple arm movement. The arms move forward, open to the side, lower. A simple port de bras in dance. How many ways can you change meaning and impact while keeping the basic movement. Use energy, timing, dynamic range, gaze, associated movement and so on. Change the meaning by changing the context and environment. Change the perspective by adding focal length, by adding something before or after. Name, rename, reframe, recast. Play.

Escape and Inspiration

• Streaming: Jacob's Pillow latest interactive playlist includes Ladies of Hip Hop Dance Collective, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Pilobolus (coming to Popejoy late Feb.), and more. https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/playlists/women-together/#1

• Blog: Fascinating interview on dance and Tech http://stanceondance.com/2019/03/14/kinetech-arts-plays-with-dance-and-technology/

• Art: Damien Hirst The Virtues / Matt McGee on Memory and Coding Feb. 4th to March 18th at Richard Levy Gallery 514 Central SW.

• Opera: At NHCC Feb. 5th, 10th and 12th, Gioachino Rossini's 'Le Comte Ory' in French with English subtitles. https://www.nhccnm.org/events/

• Looking ahead: Feb. 10th and 11th looks like a busy dance weekend. Keshet Repertory Theater presents "From the Vault" both evenings and on the evening of the 11th, Lori Hause presents "The Report" at Studio sway.

• Ideas and inspiration come from everywhere. Share what inspires you.