writing on dance | catalyst, dances by emily johnson
Mental Contagion
Call & Response + On Dance & Performance
Spandex and Basketballs
"When I danced and felt my sadness move out of me, pull like threads from my body and disperse into the air like millions of particles of dust, I knew I would be forever grounded in the act of dancing and making dances."
by Emily Johnson
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Call & Response + On Dance & Performance
Teach Me How to Fall With Grace
Emily explores the pitfalls of perfection and truth in grace.
by Emily Johnson
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Call & Response + On Dance & Performance
The Conundrum That Is: Writing About Performance
Performance is an intellectual and physical field and artists are constantly working and creating new ways to work.
by Emily Johnson
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post-re-view
What do you remember?
What surprised you?
Did you laugh?
Did you cry?
Did your mind wander?
post-re-view is a post-performance project of Catalyst. I am interested in what happens when audiences are invited to craft a response to performance, especially when they weren't preparing for that task during the show. What stays in the mind? What is recalled? What is lost? Does any of this change the relationship between "review," "reviewer," "audience," and "performance?"
Walker Performing Arts Blog
Seeing Saburo Teshigawara/KARAS’s Miroku from the future
The Elements of Bruno Beltrão/Grupo de Rua de Niteroi in H3
