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Capturing the tone, celebrating the work: A conversation with Wendy Rogers and Sara Rudner
“It’s my honor to say a few words before Sara Rudner and Wendy Rogers speak to us and show video examples of the work they made together. I want to begin by mentioning a “behind the scenes” moment I just witnessed: Wendy was chatting with Sara about something she had been observing. I have no idea what it was. But it was so moving to her that she had to get up and demonstrate. Not only demonstrate, but also run around in a circle. And then Sara doubled over in laughter. They were looking at each other like there was no one on the planet they would rather be talking to. And I believe that’s why we’re here.”
—from Lisa Kraus’ introduction to the conversation
with Wendy and Sara on September 29, 2007.
Document(s)
Document(s) comprises a library of commentary on people and issues in the dance field. This repository of interviews and editorials by writers and thinkers on dance includes writing commissioned by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance.
danceworkbook
danceworkbook is a series of web based and DVD-ROM publications produced by Dance Advance. The series is housed at www.danceworkbook.org. DVD-ROMs are available by contacting Dance Advance.
The danceworkbook series establishes a body of reference material concerned with interrogating a variety of choreographic processes-stages of creation and development that form the "back story" to the finished dances audiences see in performance.
Dance Advance has launched the second volume in the danceworkbook series. Belonging and Solo, Roko Kawai: an artist' workbook follows Ms. Kawai's cross-cultural exploration of contemporary improvisational dance practice as she situates it in relationship to her training in Japanese classical dance.
The debut work in this series was Braiding Unbraiding Rebraiding: Headlong Dance Theater examines artistic process in collaboration with Tere O’Connor.
