Some bit of closing.

As much as I'd like this to continue, it may be in another sort of incarnation.  The project was performed Friday night- video to be uploaded soon.  Wonderful experience, with lots of learning for me as to the nature of letting go.  For me the key was to be active in remembering my purpose, desire, and needs for the showing and for the process.  As long as I was in the place of clarity, joy, experimentation, trust, and in the arena of finding my dancing voice for the moment, I was succeeding.  I re-affirmed my love of dancing and performing, alone and with others.  I found the fun in the dance, I found places of ecstatic dancing where I truly experienced dancing moments for the first time.  I surprised myself, and allowed for surprising.  Of course there are things I'd do differently, and these things became so everclear as we were dancing.  I also got a window into myself as a leader/participant.  

And the wheel rolls on, the task changes, and I'm thinking about ways of continuing my dancing life, figuring ways of remaining vested in the community that are genuinely me. 

Feeling the ebb.

This project is calling up my endurance.   We're in a good place, looking forward to tomorrow. 

This little dance

I'm thinking about choreography vs. improvisation for this particular project- keeping in mind this little dances scope, people involved, and my own mind availability.   Here is an interesting look on the subject, in the medium of tango.  He says "I dance on the level of instincts." and "Improvisation is a baby of intuition, choreography- artistic logic. " 

http://www.virtuar.com/tango/articles/2006/improvisation.htm

He also says rehearsed does not mean choreographed.  Choreographed is making a dance.  This was a little big moment for me- setting something, calling it choreographed, and then not rehearsing it, still may be in the level of innovation, and improvising choreographed movements. hmmm. Need to think on that. 

For fun look at a conversation on pole dancing choreography vs. improvisation.  

http://poleskivvies.com/2009/05/putting-the-dance-back-in-pole-dancechoreography-vs-improv/

Interesting mini conversation on complexity theory, and it's connection (or call for a dance specific recreation of one) to dance. 

http://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/research/emergent-patterns-in-dance-improvisation-and-choreography

Still not sure where I'm going today.