Thoughts and Ideas 8/28
CONVERSATION Starter
Contagion. Yes, that darn virus is spreading again, but the thought today is about contagion of ideas, contagion of style, form and movement. Ideas spread through both organic and designed methods: first hand encounters, word of mouth, advertising, in extreme cases propaganda and rumor. Recount your experiences and or experiments with contagion of ideas in dance. Look deeply at trends in the industry, local phenomena, or personal adaptation of new ideas. Recall funny misguided occurrences.
Creative Experiment
Take the idea of infecting a fellow dancer with a particular dance move or ridiculous "tip" and improv a dance.
Escape and Inspiration
Plan ahead for 2024. A three day Dance Workshop offered through Albuquerque's local Bianca Lilly Ballet will be held next March 20-31 in Santa Fe with instructors Bianca Starr and Alex Ossadnik. Classes for novice through advanced. http://www.biancalily.com/sfabw.html
Theater: at the Vortex Theater, 'Constellations' blends the multiverse, cosmology and string theory pulling people’s lives in various directions. Through Sept. 10th, https://vortexabq.org/
Theater: at the Adobe Theater, 'Calendar Girls' comedy about a women over 50 group who discover nudity sells when raising funds for charity. https://www.adobetheater.org/2023-season
Labor day weekend events: Attend the Harvest Wine Festival at Balloon Fiesta Park https://www.visitalbuquerque.org/event/harvest-wine-festival/53897/ . Or spend Sunday morning buying and selling used board games at the Gamers Garage Sale 9-noon Sunday at the Empire Board Game Room https://www.meetup.com/dukes-of-dice-game-day-board-card-games/events/295056389/ , or spend Friday evening with the NM Philharmonic at the Botanic Gardens, https://nmphil.org/event/an-evening-with-nmphil-at-the-botanic-garden-september-1-2023/.
For fun: Enjoy the Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive playlist, https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/playlists/gala-fare/#1
