Movement is expressive. I've never denied that. I don't think there's such a thing as abstract dance.
Interpretation
Movement in dance conveys emotions and ideas, and cannot be separated from its expressiveness.
Merce Cunningham emphasizes that movement, particularly in dance, is intrinsically expressive and is not just a series of abstract actions. He argues that every movement carries meaning and emotions, indicating that dance ultimately communicates with its audience in a profound way, blurring the lines between art and expression.
In practice
This quote can be used during a dance workshop to inspire participants about the expressive nature of movement.
The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion, the steadfast and willing devotion to the labor that makes the classwork not a gymnastic hour and a half, or at the lowest level, a daily drudgery, but a devotion that allows the classroom discipline to become moments of dancing too.
I use the computer as a tool. Like chance or the camera or the other tools I've used, it can open my eye to other ways of seeing or of making dances. It's not simply to do a trick.
I think the thing that we agreed to so many years ago, actually, was that the music didn't have to support the dance nor the dance illustrate the music, but they could be two things going on at the same time.
My dance classes were open to anybody, my only stipulation was that they had to come to the class every day.
Couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. Which doesn't mean I am not interested in other things, of course - I am interested in many things. But the center, the crux, is always literature.
Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.
In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.
I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice.
Well, you put a little piece of yourself into every character that you do. Even if you're playing some psychotic person, which of course I'm not, some part of you is in that character and it's hopefully believable. I always come back to the fact that my own instinct is better than something I build in my mind.
All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else?
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