Thoughts and Ideas
Musing
Propaganda against the self. Propaganda for the self. Self limiting vs self promotion. Which do you direct at yourself? What are the methods of propaganda in the public domain, is there similarity? How would/could the act of public and self-directed propaganda be portrayed through choreography? Can depression and anxiety derive from self made propaganda against the self? If so, does then, the opposite hold true?
Creative
Removal of a foundational element. We all had basic things taken from us this year through the pandemic that we took for granted. Try removing a foundational movement from your repertoire and see what changes. For example, no tendu. Play with the concept. How do you compensate?
Celebration
Extinguish 2020, light up the new year! Re-use your luminarias, or use just the votives. On New Years Eve find a patch of ground and arrange the luminarias to write out 2020 or use a table top and your votives. At midnight extinguish the last "0" then rearrange the unlit pieces into a "1" and re-light them to read 2021. Dance joyfully for the thought of a New Year lighting our way to a welcome and brighter future.
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul" - Emily Dickenson
See if you can find the rest of the poem.
Escape and Inspiration
Through a little dance history, Rudolf Laban https://www.crankinblackbox.com/laban.html
Join the Times Square New Year's Celebration, information here https://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-new-years-eve/nye-live-schedule
Through an art exhibition "Crane Music" by Lauris Phillips at the Open Space Visitor Center Gallery, also found online. Contemplate the spirit of sumi-e black ink painting, and how the brushstrokes have names in a kind of visual choreography.
By playing a board game in candle light
Joining William Forsythe in YouTube for two minutes of thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGw0HXx_dAY
Knowing you will have a fantastically better New Year! Dance on.
Always know, ADC is thinking of you.
