Dance C-ing

I think I should add to the title of this blog to aptly name it "Dancemaking and Dancethinking and Danceseeing", for I am taking much coursework in my graduate studies that propel me forward into the metaphorical action of wearing a pair of trifocals. As many choreographers experience, I am used to choreographing a dance in a studio with a group of dancers. Not much of a revelation in that process. Now we have mastered the use of Skype for our rehearsals and other such things in this such as learning from video, trusting the trust between choreographer/dancer, and my wearing a microphone to lead my end of things (not quite Madonna-style, but close, especially my outfits). So the physical body I experience in this process is intangible and largely visual. Add to this my dance and media class, learning about live-action video, delay, projections, textures as further options for layering images alongside dancers/choreography in space. Add to this my dance documentation class where I am learning to see dance through a camera lens as best as possible with such things as exposure, iris, and who knew you could actually 'for real' use a video camera manually. All of this to say, I am being pushed to the bounds of SEEING to choreograph, while simultaneously sensing my own physicality and missing the touch and warmth and creaking floor and group-ness of my company a timezone away. This experience is life-changing artistically and psychologically , the need and ability to navigate through these many lenses (literally) to make dance. The process of making PLUCK for June shall be a rich experience, and I'm liking how the title is an action verb, feels right.