Join Me: A Public Symposium on What is Contemporary Dance Today!
On Wednesday, October 16th at 9AM, I’ll be opening the fall Symposium at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. We will gather as artists, students, educators, and visionaries to reflect on the question:
What is contemporary dance today, and how do we define it for ourselves?
🗓️ Wednesday, October 16, 2024
⏰ 9:00 AM
📍 Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
1306 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
🎟️ Free and open to the public
For me, what makes my dance practice contemporary isn’t simply the techniques I draw on or the fact that I work in the present moment - it’s the way I approach the act of dancing itself.
My practice is contemporary because it is fundamentally alive, curious, and open to constant transformation. I am less interested in perfecting fixed forms and more compelled by what emerges through exploration. I give myself permission to follow impulses, to linger in sensation, to let movement arise from breath, memory, intuition, and the immediate environment.
It’s contemporary because I see choreography not as a set of pre-determined steps, but as a living, evolving process. In the studio, I often start from questions rather than answers: What happens if I let this gesture repeat until it changes on its own? What stories live inside my spine today? How can I let gravity or a simple breath guide me somewhere unexpected?
On Wednesday, October 16th at 9AM, I’ll be opening the fall Symposium at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. We will gather as artists, students, educators, and visionaries to reflect on the question:
What is contemporary dance today, and how do we define it for ourselves?
🗓️ Wednesday, October 16, 2024
⏰ 9:00 AM
📍 Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
1306 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
🎟️ Free and open to the public
For me, what makes my dance practice contemporary isn’t simply the techniques I draw on or the fact that I work in the present moment - it’s the way I approach the act of dancing itself.
My practice is contemporary because it is fundamentally alive, curious, and open to constant transformation. I am less interested in perfecting fixed forms and more compelled by what emerges through exploration. I give myself permission to follow impulses, to linger in sensation, to let movement arise from breath, memory, intuition, and the immediate environment.
It’s contemporary because I see choreography not as a set of pre-determined steps, but as a living, evolving process. In the studio, I often start from questions rather than answers: What happens if I let this gesture repeat until it changes on its own? What stories live inside my spine today? How can I let gravity or a simple breath guide me somewhere unexpected?
