Snapshot: Tuesday April 4, 2017
6:45am Foam Roller-ing and Pilates 8:35am Pedagogy: Presentation from colleagues on Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed – largely a seminar-style class discussion methods for applying the model to studio dance classes. Fascinating and complex – a lot to unpack. 10:30am Partnering Master Class with Tiffany Mills: An OSU MFA alumna, Mills has a company in NYC and stopped by to offer a partnering class … Continue reading Snapshot: Tuesday April 4, 2017
Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host – a brief description
As part of my History/Theory/Literature of Postmodernism class with Dr. Hannah Kosstrin we are required to hone our movement description skills through short writing assignments on specific performances. Since I am a big fan of both Monica Bill Barnes and Ira Glass, I was thrilled to write about Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host: Clad in sneakers with costumes that ranged from sequined dresses to … Continue reading Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host – a brief description
Snapshot
This blog is intended to be a reflection of my time in graduate school. But what happens when there is literally no auxiliary time to devote to updating the blog? For now, snapshots: one day, one list, no omissions. Tuesday February 28 7:15am Pilates workout 8:35am Pedagogy: Discussion of program assessment and goals within a department, program and course 10:30am Ballet: Skill-building barre, rewarding adagio, … Continue reading Snapshot
Sel Fou
In addition to my own choreographic explorations and scholarly endeavors. I also had the opportunity to perform for Bebe Miller this past November as a part of Sel Fou. During the show we were filmed by a 360 degree camera so you can watch the piece from the inside (best done on your phone or tablet) and move your screen to see the action from new … Continue reading Sel Fou
Outside the classroom, inside the studio
In addition to creating, writing, moving and rehearsing for class-related assignments/projects, I’ve also been spending time in the studio just moving around. Most of my improvisational material is undocumented and purely for my own catharsis; a time to let my body lead my mind and to test the boundaries of the concepts I have been receiving daily in technique (and improvisation) classes. For the purposes of this blog … Continue reading Outside the classroom, inside the studio
Window Partnering
Embodied Expectations
No one enters the studio empty. We bring our state of mind, our current interests, our aches and pains – and our expectations. Over the last month our our graduate seminar class we’ve had a crash course in Adobe Photoshop and this collage is the manifestation of that technical exploration. But it’s also a representation of the embodied traces of Artistic Director-ship that keep showing up in … Continue reading Embodied Expectations
The forest and the trees
About a year ago, just as I was beginning to apply for graduate school, a wonderful young choreographer named Antonia Z Brown decided to interview me for a series she was curating on an arts blog. Here’s a quote from that interview (I was responding to a question on how I define success for myself as an artist): As for internal success, I’ll talk about … Continue reading The forest and the trees
Solo-ing
It may sound obvious but when you arrive at graduate school you don’t know anyone all that well. I mean, I connected with a few folks at the audition but not with a lot of depth. And yet a major part of my experience here is hopefully centered around making dances which for me in the past has always been about relationships – casting was … Continue reading Solo-ing
From the stage to the classroom (and the studio)
Why I walked away from an established dance company, a relatively lucrative profession and a wonderful community of friends to attend graduate school in central Ohio… Continue reading From the stage to the classroom (and the studio)
Gina Hoch-Stall 