[Adta] RE: message to so you think you can dance

[Donna Newman-Bluestein]

Hi Susan,

It was actually Mia who created the choreography, and Mary, as well as the dancers and Nigel, who responded emotionally.
Donna
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: skdmt2 
  To: adta at adta.org 
  Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:35 PM
  Subject: [Adta] RE: message to so you think you can dance


  This message is posted under Regarding Mary's choreography.

  I am hoping she is the one I think she is who created a soft,  dream like dance based on her feelings?

   

  Somebody please respond on the message board, ok?

   

  Susan

   

   


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  From: skdmt2 [mailto:skdmt2 at bellsouth.net] 
  Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:21 PM
  To: 'adta at adta.org'
  Subject: message to so you think you can dance

   

    saw this message under judges, etc,  

   

  I hope  that Mary is feeling better after Mia's piece from the other night. I gathered she was going through the sickness or death of a parent herself. When art reaches you that way, it truly is art. 

    

  I responded:

  Regarding Mary's choreograpy. It looked like she used her own personal experiences & transformed them into a work of art that probably touched most of us who witnessed it. In my work as a dance therapist, I encourage the women I work with to transform their feelings expressively,through their movements, rather then to bury  or numb them. We "process' these feelings so that they can be understood both on a body level as well as a cognitive or intellectual level.This is an important part of my philosophy as a dance therapist that I believe promotes growth and insight. 

  Perhap Mary's choreography was reflective of meaningful events in her lfe and because she was able to  experience and understand them, she was able to also  transform them into a dance & communicate these feelings to those who would perform it. Her expression touched a chord in herself, her dancers and us.

  Bravo Mary- I can only guess that this may be so & if it is, you allowed your life feelings to be shared as an art &  your ability to do this, is, indeed an art.

    

    

  Maybe others can also respond??

  Susan 

   

  Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC



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