I have talked a great deal about the language of dance. I also brought up the idea that as people create new movement vocabularies it is often based on existing steps that are then modified for the choreographer’s needs. I have tried to explain how I go about communicating with the choreographer and how I share my cues with the stage manager. But there is another conversation that should be happening on a much more regular basis, that is the conversation with the dancer. It is not one that happens naturally. The process of designing a piece happens in conversation with the choreographer and almost never with the dancer. I have had to make it a point to meet the dancers, to make friends in the companies I freelance ...
Get Dance and Light now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
