The DanceWright Project
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Choreographer |
| Location | San Francisco, CA, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | The works of The DanceWright Project are highly political. However, we are not talking about the “capital P” politics of the cause but the small "p" politics of fitting in. It is an underrated subject in the world of “high art” but, at its core the need to belong is what keeps people up at night and even what drives them to the tribes of causes, the value of any particular cause notwithstanding. So, the work of The DanceWright Project often asks audiences to view the dances with their own their inner lives in mind. Another touchstone in the work is a conscious attention to beauty—beauty of dancer and beauty of movement. Dance need not be deconstructed to be relevant. No matter the subject of a work, it is possible to retain the exquisite beauty of the athletic human body and it can be done in a modern feminist context. With this in mind, The DanceWright Project is creating a new paradigm for contemporary dance movement, retaining much of the ballet vocabulary and combining it with a wide range of other movement inspirations. The result is a fusion that draws in the non-dance fan and the casual dance watcher, while providing a great deal of substance for the dance aficionado. |