Dance.

The movement in Dance Theater is very influential, and primarily the movement is drawn in hope of capturing many moments that connects themes from the program to an evening length intervention. In many of these productions by dance artists there is a sense of fusion. Technique comes from their experience because when we think of how they work as choreographers, what we get is a methodology, ideology, and attributed to the way they see bodies move tests these capabilities for reception with an audience. Where the movement transfers a significant playing field, a large part of that experience signifies day-to-day motion, and through themes, these motions are explored for purposes of making improvised movement. Thus, making modern dance a timely, and especially contemporary art form that comes to fruition through movement and collaboration. Dance is highly emotive, and we ask the dancers to embody an art form, as it is meant to be seen. By following the dance artists work through the choreography to it’s means to an end, means something different for every dancer, and every audience. Two dance companies in Philadelphia, which have very different philosophies to draw from, given their choreography is a chance to draw a connection from their vision to their experience, and chart where we, as a city (Philadelphia,) as a people (how we relate to one another,) and place in time (period of art.) correlate with the rest of world.

In 2017, I was invited to visit the dance studio before the performance of INNER SUN by The Koresh Dance Company. The formality of drawing rehearsals was very new at the time. I was excited to become familiar with the forms and movement to expect a new relationship to the music, and space.

The Koresh Dance Company inspired a movement across dance and stage design, and looking back its perspective informed the concept of, choreographer as artistic director. The movement on stage can be very emotional, as the dancers grow in unison into a transformative body, with many faces, turning, and its repetitions become mesmerizing. In rehearsal, we can use more peripherally the same key motions that will transpire on stage, and shifting slightly over body parts for discovery into the movement. From picking out these forms from rehearsal, the company animates this sensory image in this abstraction of energetic, anatomical, and metamorphosis of form that serves the choreograher’s vision into a common theme.

The examples from rehearsals of INNER SUN, (left) shows Roni and John Levis introducing their world premiere back in 2017. These movement artists are working with communities which exemplify the core values of collaboration, and a greater impact on the art world.