Thoughts and Ideas 5/1
CONVERSATION Starter
Stereotyping vs individualizing. Pick one aspect of yourself that also defines a wide category of people. Gender, color, race, nationality, or another. Now ask, is everything else that you are, the same for every other person in that group? Generous, selfish, dedicated, extroverted, disorganized, evil, kind, interested in . . . Not likely. Yet human-kind is notorious for generalizing, stereotyping. Are we also guilty in our arts, in dance, of judging each artist by their genre, genre within a genre, as "types" without seeing the individuals? Discuss and challenge your biases.
Ideas
Change something this week. Cause the butterfly-effect through an act of kindness. Get a group of dancers from multi dance genres, dressed exactly the same on stage. Start moving exactly the same, then differentiate. Explore other ideas in dance that address stereotyping.
Escape and Inspiration
Dance: UNM student dance concert "Fearsome Creatures" April 28-May 6. https://finearts.unm.edu/event/fearsome-creatures/ .
Dance: New Mexico Ballet presents 'Resilience' May 6th and 7th at the NHCC. https://newmexicoballetcompany.com/event/resilience/
Art: Corrales Art Studio Tour, May 6-7th 10-5. Find a map on the website. https://corralessocietyofartists.org/studio-tour/
Theater: Fusion Theater presents a Tennessee Williams play 'The Two-Character Play' May 4-14th https://www.fusionnm.org/upcoming/2023/5/4/fusion-theatre-company-presents-the-two-character-play
Community outing: Get out to see the restored locomotive, the Santa Fe 2926, for it's first public appearance May 6th 11 -4pm at Tractor Brewing Company Wells Park, 1800 Fourth St. NW https://2926.us/
Community outing: Jane's Walks, two guided walks of ABQ neighborhoods are part of a world-wide event named for American/Canadian urban activist and author Jane Jacobs. Starting times from 9-11:30 May 6th. More information on https://gentleartofwandering.com/walk/
Interdisciplinary Salon: Dancing Earth offers 'Salon of Mixed-ness: Lumpia queens' May 7th 1-2pm on Zoom. https://www.dancingearth.org/event/salon-of-mixed-ness-lumpia-queens
