A summary of day 5 of the Dandelion residency at Baryshnikov Arts Center, by the judge of the day, Keith.

A summary of Day 4 in the “Don’t Suck!” competition by judge of the day, Julia:

We first learned the game ZING POW BOING from Leese Walker of Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble. In the game we pass energy (and build energy) around the circle through a network of nonsensical voice/body gestures. It’s a great way to … Continue reading →

I learned very directly the power of play from one of my most important mentors, choreographer Della Davidson. In her rehearsal processes we would do long improvisations, that often started out feeling artificial and forced, but then eventually, if we … Continue reading →

We have to figure out how to score each of the participants in our competition. And we have to figure out how to do this in a way that pushes us to face our feelings about winning and losing, but … Continue reading →

A summary of day two of our residency at BAC, by Tuesday’s judge, David…and guest.

During our residency at Baryshnikov Arts Center Dandelion Dancetheater will be creating the first draft of a piece titled “Don’t Suck!” as part of our larger look at the inner workings of competition. We had a fertile day of creation … Continue reading →

Well, as these things tend to go for me, I planned to do way more than I’m able to actualize. I had wanted to edit short videos every day to go with these blogs during our Baryshnikov Arts Center residency. … Continue reading →