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Adele Myers/Week 3: “Theater in the Head”

Adele — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:38:35 +0000

During the first week of rehearsals I thought I was making a dance titled “Normal.” By week three, the 15-minute ode to the pink shag became “Theater in the Head.” Here are a few highlights/discoveries during the final week of the residency. Task In Bebe’s Making Dances class on Monday, she reminded us to look [...]

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Adele Myers/Week 2: Eureka’s Everywhere!

Adele — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:53:53 +0000

“Living is a form of not being sure…not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.” ~Agnes De Mille Monday, July 27th Eureka of the day: There is no [...]

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Listen to John Cage

Debra — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:27:58 +0000

NPR put this on the web http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111388464 and an interview with Cage from Fresh Air –Debra Listen to John Cage is a post from: Bates Dance Festival Artist Blog

Listen to John Cage is a post from: Bates Dance Festival Artist Blog

When Giants Walked

Debra — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:54:33 +0000

How strange, and apt, to be among a community of dancers the day Merce Cunningham passed from the earth. His death at 90 was softened with the lifework he was able to complete, the honors that were bestowed, the fact that he continued to experiment until the end of his days (scores on Ipod Shuffle! [...]

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Adele Myers Week 1: Making Normal

Adele — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:28:02 +0000

Week 1: A daily bog about the creative process of a new work by Adele Myers, Emerging Choreographer at the 2009 Bates Dance Festival

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Welcome to the BDF Blog

Laura — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:19:50 +0000

Welcome to the Bates Dance Festival blog. A place for sharing ideas about the study, creation and performance of contemporary dance. We begin with entries from Adele Myers — one of our 2009 Emerging Choreographers-in-residence, who will give us a window into her developmental process. Welcome to the BDF Blog is a post from: Bates [...]

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