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Exploring influences on an ongoing creative process​

REHEARSAL #6

7/21/2016

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
 
PROCESS DETAILS
 
TECHNICAL

​SHERRI
  • Back at the studio today.
  • Again, Jonathan and Maggie start later than expected and take longer to settle in than anticipated.  Ah, the life of a parent.
JONATHAN
  • He is excited by the clarity that emerged after the last rehearsal; he feels the piece should utilize a small space.  This decision actually makes generating material so much easier.  As a result, rehearsal is very productive, and he creates a lot of phrase work, guided by what he has learned on several fronts:
  1. Dynamically: at this point in the dance, keep it aggressive.
  2. Spatially:  keep it contained in a small space.
  3. Connectivity:  keep everything strictly related in terms of motifs…keep going back to same gestures, then manipulate them to create a theme-and-variation dynamic.
  4. Keep developing core ideas and avoid temptation to add new ones.
  • Runs out of time, so he can only video the new part of the dance.
MAGGIE
  • Questions her ability to retain the choreography since an increased amount of material is introduced. 
  • Wonders whether she can physically keep up with the additional movements.
PSYCHOLOGICAL/EMOTIONAL
​JONATHAN
  • Pleased with his conceptual progress and productivity today.
  • Jonathan is reminding himself that when he follows the “shoulds,” he winds up feeling frustrated and veering close to self-blame.  More and more, he is catching himself engaging in this dynamic in many different spheres.  He is trying to shift gears toward allowing authentic needs/impulses to guide him.
MAGGIE
  • Despite her concerns, rehearsal feels productive.
  • Cites a “recurring theme”:  Although her body does not feel in shape, she finds it “amazing and cathartic to be expressive.”
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    Sherri Muroff Kalt, founder of Process Portraits, LLC and author of Portrait of an Artistic Journey: The Creative Process in Real Life Context, is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Duke University with a B.A. in psychology. She began her career in marketing and sales in New York City with L’Oréal, Monet Jewelers, and Givenchy. READ MORE

    Jonathan Riedel, Choreographer and Artistic Director of Riedel Dance Theater, began choreographing professionally in 1999. In 2002, he staged his breakaway hit,The Unsightful Nanny, on the Limón Dance Company, and in 2003 he founded Riedel Dance Theater, presenting its inaugural season in NYC and Italy. His work quickly became known for its taut, intelligent humor and poignant dramatic power. DanceView Times proclaimed it “brilliant," "profoundly moving," and having "an ingenuity and timing that would make Petipa jealous." ​READ MORE

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    • Jonathan, Allie and Sherri Artist Round tables
    • Anthony Mangone / Trattoria 632