I had summer classes this year.
In one of the sessions, we got into conversation about defining the words we use so as to avoid our audience misinterpreting our work- because words can mean different things to different people.
While we spoke on this subject, I got really uncomfortable for some weird reason…I was fed up with defining everything with words-which can be limiting. And so I began to question the role of language in my work and I began to think through what kinds of languages I would want to use in my work.
Then I had an idea [some might say crazy]…
What will it look like to define words through dance?
There’s something fascinating about fusing fabric/garment with movement to illustrate a point or to paint a visual imagery of my understanding of a word and what is even more fascinating, is leaving people with that interpretation so that they might experience the word without speech or words.
So what does ‘Freedom’ mean?
[an iteration]
