Goals for the Semester
My brain mostly gets clouded with ideas, concepts, and images of work that I want to put together. The bigger problem is how to executive these ideas, where to start, where to end, which movements to use, etc. I believe I often think too much of what message I want to send across rather than getting to work and letting my body explore. This makes me spend so much time on “nothing”.
My first goal for this class is to learn to put life into my ideas. Not just create vague ideas but narrow it down to a specific and concrete concept or idea and put life into it. I already see how that is shaping up with the direction the class is taking.
The other goal I have is to be a spontaneous creator. This class has showings every two weeks and at certain points, I will be creating week in week out. This means creating continuously and that is something I really want to be able to do. When a soccer play is passed a ball right after jumping out of bed, he is able to start kicking and do whatever with the ball. That’s how I want to create and move, once I think about it, I just do it. Like the Nike motto, “Just Do It”.
My last goal is to be able to merge my music and dance experience. I have a music background and I want to inculcate that into my dance. This is also important for me because, in Ghana, the music is “married” to the dance and they stick together. I hope the class will help me develop creative ideas for working with the two.
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