THE BACKGROUND DANCER

Blog Bites to Savour!

Upon listening to the Fashion series, I realized how very interesting it was to listen to the duality of perspectives - photographer, Szabina Biro; and model, Ema Steindl, within an dance setting. Here are some major takeaways: Experience matters…

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In this series on Art Media, Jason and his guests (Megan Castro & Melinda Gaskin) talked about media that disseminate dance knowledge by means other than real time dancing bodies, such as through magazines (or publications), podcasts and social …

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One of the main ideas about somatics is the first-person perspective towards the body. Body-mind connections are based on awareness towards oneself and the surrounding space. That said, one’s body perception can be very personal, fluid, multi-…

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After listening to both episodes from the Interdisciplinarity series, I found it fascinating to learn that both guests, Henry Lai and Ho Ying Fung view “interdisciplinarity” from a rather philosophical perspective. Henry Lai is literally…

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Final recognition of Ukraine's cultural independence.  Russia has always been trying to destroy the Ukrainian nation, language, culture and art. And has been trying to appropriate Ukrainian history. I want to discuss why Ukrainians never wante…

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When I was researching dance programs across tertiary level institutions around the world, I noticed how dance is affiliated with such a variety of faculty structures. For instance, some programs are established under physical education, while other…

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Given that dance is an abstract art, I am always curious about how communication takes place within both the choreography process and choreography staging. Such communication could be further investigated in two different relationships - between cho…

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What does it take to dive into the world and career of an art manager? While it doesn't differ to much from project management, art management does come with its own specifics that differ from the corporate. Become a producer, curator, programmer, a…

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Some might wonder, how is it possible for artists to tackle multiple sectors simultaneously given that almost every category requires a high demand of expertise itself? That’s true, but never forget that the performing arts is also highly coll…

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Sept. 27, 2021

Who do I D.A.N.C.E. for?

As part of the performing arts industry, I couldn’t agree more with the five qualities that Jason had laid out, that everyone should D.A.N.C.E if we want to be active contributors of this industry. Apart from these acronyms, there was another …

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