What is Dance?
A few years ago, I was asked the
question “What is Dance?” And when I was asked, I immediately
thought, “I can tell you what dance is in one paragraph.” And I can. The
request to answer the questi
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No Pleasure in Understanding: The Choreographer's Danger of Being Too Far, Too Close
Too much experience blinds us.There is often a disconnect that happens between the artistic creator and the average person--someone who does not know the technique, who has not seen a million dance sh
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Part 2: Where Are All the Creative People?
Where Are All the Creative People?Part 2By: Rick Tjia“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”
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Part 1: Where Are All the Creative People?
Where Are All the Creative People? Part 1By: Rick TjiaI will be honest; I hate articles about creativity and innovation. I don’t like hearing people talk about it; I don’t like reading about wha
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Don't Tell Me Your Choreography is Good
There is a battle that goes on between two main aspects
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