A blog for practice

This blog is an exercise in communicating about contemporary dance. It is an exercise, a practice in finding words, images and maybe sounds for when we cannot dance it. We will be observing and studying dance works and/or creation processes and we will try to grasp that moment of being engaged, that sensation of being drawn into a work, when time disappears and we find ourselves in another world. A question that arises is what are the parameters for dance to communicate? Do we all share those parameters, or do they differ, if so, how? Per local context? Gender? Social class? Education? Individual? Generation? Or are we able to find shared grounds in order to understand when we perceive communication through dance, to then be able to communicate about dance. The Hamburg residency has been a fruitful opportunity to be discussing those parameters and understand a bit more of how another person sees or perceives a work.

We don’t have answers, yet, but we hope to find some, because we wish to share the beauty of the theatrical body, in motion, sharing energy in time and space, with you, our (potential) audience.

Now, the image below does not refer to any dance piece, but those locks on that bridge do communicate a clear message...

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