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In the RAW: an Alternative for Hartford

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I. Prologue “The past is prologue.” True, but one cannot linger all one’s life over the introduction any more than one can linger too much over the art of the past. …  Such nostalgia only conceals a lack of sympathy with, a lack of knowledge of, or worse, panic over the now.  Art must always struggle to build onto the past, to break it down if necessary, to free itself from convention and rule as to create newly, vigorously, venturesomely with imagination and individuality. (Wagstaff 2-3) ~Sam Wagstaff When engaging my teenaged dance students in movement improvisation, I often encourage… read more

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Now and the Future Converges …

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I must’ve decided a long time ago that it would be best if I didn’t set my company’s repertory on students.  I am committed to collaborative process and it always seemed far more beneficial, educationally and artistically, for  me to create new work with and for student artists.  In that context, I could help students embody their own voices and thematic concerns while driving them to push past their perceived boundaries.  I could also play to their strengths, knowledge base and skill sets.  My experience directing Dialogue Cycles, an interdisciplinary student ensemble at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts (GHAA) from 2006-2011, provided an important laboratory… read more