For a good two months now, a short video of me has been appearing on social media every week. I talk about dance, about writing and about certain topics that interest me, occupy me or have been with me for a long time. I also read another literary text, although this is where I can say the least about quality and artistic judgement. I am mainly interested in sharing the experiences, insights and artistic perspectives that I have gained and that can be heard at any time in my lessons and rehearsals with a wider audience.
Dance has taken on an important role for me and over the decades has become a mouthpiece for my soul, my thoughts and feelings. Learning the craft and not standing still was and is a long process. It's not just about acting with my body as an instrument and expressing myself, but also about acting as a choreographer within a larger framework, connecting more complex levels. And to enter into a dialogue with the audience. To create works with which I can reach many people, encourage them to take a closer look, to listen to themselves, to their own spontaneous feelings and instincts, to trust them. And perhaps to find their own stories.
It's different with words. In most cases, language is very comprehensible and is usually understood immediately. Every written or spoken word can immediately trigger something, can create clarity, but can also cause confusion. Create facts and even conflicts.
That's why I've always been fascinated when people manage to convince me with words, touch me or simply take me on a journey. Because my art is non-verbal in origin, very fleeting and usually has an abstract effect on many viewers. In addition, many dance creators have difficulties expressing themselves and shy away from the written or spoken word. Even today.
So the more I accompanied my work with language, the more I was able to make my dance work heard in a different way, the more I was able to translate body language into spoken words and sentences (and vice versa), the more this art form captivated me. It challenged me and allowed me to immerse myself more deeply.
Capturing myself here in spoken form on video. Presenting myself without having to deliver a performance, but being able to stay completely with myself, offers a new level of dialogue, inspiration and stimulation to take up thoughts from me, to think about them further for myself or even to spin them further. Entering into a dialogue without me having to be there every time. A kind of impetus.
And it's exciting to observe which topics trigger what, provoke reactions ... or not.
So, keep listening, watching and being inspired.
See you again!
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