A while ago I was interviewed for a blog post by Sharon Mitzy Sheen about developing your personal style as a dancer, and heres what I had to say: If what you’re looking for is to develop your own style, or enrich your style or technique, practice alone. I’m sorry there’s not a more glamorous answer, but that’s really the whole formula. Work work work, alone, in a studio, at your house, at parks, wherever, but work. Video tape yourself. Take notes on what you see & make those notes your guidebook. Know that inspiration is more likely to be found during work then before it, so just get alone on the floor and mine yourself for information. Make stuff all the time – good stuff, awful stuff, mediocre stuff, but don’t stop. The way you get good at making stuff is by making stuff. The way you improve at dancing is by dancing. Treat everything as inspiration. Watch avidly. Read. Cultivate yourself and bring everything to your practice. Practice on your best days and your worst days and everything in between. Lather, rinse, repeat. I forgot I said it and then I was excited to find, when I read it, that sometimes I say smart shit. boom. dancingacross/personal-style/
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 21:27:57 +0000
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