Hi all,
This will be my last post here. I’m joining the Great Dance Blog community with my new blog act/re/act. I will continue to post regarding the creation and performance process of My ocean is never blue, but I will also post about working on other works, teaching and theory - so, it will be [...]
Sat, September 29, 2007 - 10:19 AM
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"My ocean is never blue" blog
It is always so hard having auditions. I know it is hard as a dancer, but it is also hard as a director giving the auditions. You know you are setting yourself up to disappoint people. To say no to people. At the same time it is such a great opportunity to meet people whom [...]
Tue, September 18, 2007 - 1:42 PM
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Next Friday we’re having auditions for the company and, as always, I’m mixed in my feelings about having auditions. I find it fairly stressful - mainly because I know other people are going to be nervous and under stress and I don’t like causing those feelings. But, I also know that there are interesting dancers [...]
Sat, September 8, 2007 - 7:22 PM
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Tue, January 2, 2007 - 5:42 PM
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Daniel Burkholder, GCFP In 2001, after studying, teaching and creating dance for 20-odd years I was ready to find a new direction for my exploration of movement. I was suffering from chronic injuries, dissatisfaction with traditional technique classes, and I wanted to expand my understanding of how the body moved. I began to explore numerous somatic modalities, including The Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering and Laban Movement Analysis. But, one day... read more
It has been almost two weeks since Jonathan and I began our 24-hour odyssey. It has that feeling of being very long ago, in a different place, in a different world. That mental state we went into was so very different than the everyday mindset of getting things done, accomplishments, beginnings and endings. Not to say that we weren't doing those things, but it was in such a non-everyday kind of mode. For 24-hours we were only doing, basically, three things: getting ready to perform, performin...
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Thu, August 10, 2006 - 10:44 AM
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Here is the journal that we kept during our performance run. For each hour one of us (DB = Daniel & JM = Jonathan) wrote a short description and thoughts about that performance. For each hour we selected, at random, a short phrase from a number of books to serve as a kind of jumping off point, or an inspiration - or, as we called it, our "compass". We hope you enjoy the journey, which is, of course, so different than the physical journey we went on.....
Tue, August 1, 2006 - 12:28 PM
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9pm, Hour 1: "to be isolated: every ... read more
Yes, Jonathan and I did survive our 24-hour performance. We performed each hour without fail - and we only had one hour where we had no audience, but, yes, we still performed. The whole arch of the 24-hours is still fuzzy and hard to get a handle on - it is SO much information! I, and I think Jonathan, can talk about and analyze certain hours, but the whole is still hard to talk about. So, here are some impressions - even though exactly what hour things happened is not clear either...:
Thu, July 27, 2006 - 6:42 PM
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I am a dancer/choreographer/improviser and the Director of The PlayGround, Co-Director of Improv Arts, inc., Co-Curator for the DC International Improvisation Festival, and serve on the Steering Committee for the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festal. My work has been presented at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Place, Lisner Auditorium, The Warehouse Theater, The H Street Playhouse and numerous other venues throughout the D.C. region as well as in New York City, San Francisco and the Mid-Atlantic states. I currently teach at George Washington University, Joy of Motion Dance Centers, and CityDance Center at Strathmore. I have also taught at the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, at numerous universities and as guest teacher for Cirque du Soleil. I am also a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. I live just outside DC is a sweet little 1918 farmhouse with my wife - Andrea - our cat (Bessie) and nutty dog (Mountain).
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