Every Thing Is Dance
What is an artist that does nothing but make art? It's easy to feel like I'm not a dancer because I don't go to technique class or perform or participate in a company. And to an extent, that's true - how can I be a dancer if I never, ever dance? But what seems to be more important is that if I do that - go to technique class and perform and join a company - and I don't just take time to be a human than my feet might be strong and my plies might get deeper but my art won't matter. I don't just want to make good dance. I want to make dance that matters . And the reason I dance is because I am a human. If I don't have the time to be human, then I don't have the time to be dancer. When I take a week off of doing any movement whatsoever because I'm sick with a stomach flu, I'm not taking a break from being a dancer. Being a dancer has been woven in my DNA since I could walk. It's not something I can just take off when I'm not feel...