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Give in to Thanks
IN THE SPIRIT of holiday travel minus the inappropriate pat downs, I took a solo, 1000-mile journey to Washington D.C. and back. The purpose of the trip was twofold: to retrieve my daughter from boarding school for her first return home since September; and to check on my father who recently endured a stroke... Read »
The North and South of It
ONE OF MY earliest ‘movement memories’ (dancers think about these things) is swinging on an old tree swing and enjoying the feeling of being neither here nor there. Moving forward, there was the immediate pull backwards; and then came the momentum and rush of going forward again. Born in the North from a Southern... Read »
Choreography for Dance and Life
TWICE A WEEK I meet to teach the art of choreography to a small group of mature, interested (for now), and interesting students. For me, a self-professed dance geek, being able to watch and analyze dance while searching for meaning and breaking down the craft with college students is one of the great pleasures... Read »
The Art of Summer
IT IS SUMMER when we allow ourselves to slow down and reflect on our personal map with the ‘You Are Here’ designation. There is a slight promise of fall, but it is the open window of time where we can meditate on the here and now. We can see more clearly through our magnifying... Read »
Turning Movement into Words
RECENTLY I have been writing about dance more than actively dancing, and since this blog is a platform on which to bounce my opinion to the small readership I have, I thought to take the first long day of summer to do so. This was the first Spoleto where my fellow dancers in Anonymity... Read »
Observing Art… With Kids!
ON A RECENT TRIP to the Big Apple with my eleven- and seven-year-olds, I was faced with the realization that viewing art with children is never as satisfying as you dream it will be. Something like, “the best laid plans go to waste” came to mind. I’m not saying the experience was not beneficial... Read »
Educating the Heart
THERE ARE MANY jewels in our fair city, but one of the lesser known ones is the Sophia Institute which offers a variety of opportunities for exploring things of a spiritual nature through lectures and retreats that help people understand and appreciate the world—ancient and new—around them. Frankly, it took me a while to... Read »
The First Pad 39
LOOKING AT THE BEHEMOTH, poised in its techno-mechanical superiority as it waits to slip the surly bonds, ready to cheat death one more time (we hope), I cannot help but think of the first Pad 39. It was located behind a house on Murray Boulevard where a group of young teenagers were ‘given’ a... Read »
