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Dance critics at flashpoint |
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| Date Added: November 09, 2009 01:13:03 AM | |
| Author: shahbaz419 | |
| Category: ENTERTAINMENT: Performing Arts | |
I attended the panel event with local dance critics at flashpoint yesterday. it was ok, not amazing, but i’m glad dance/metro dc put it on and it was great to finally see what the reviewers look like. the room was packed and the atmosphere didn’t surprise me when i walked in late: plaintive dancers were trying to make their cases for more supportive reviews, while the critics alternated between defensive stonewalling and a plea for understanding about what criticism really is. it definitely reinforced to me the fact that critics are not our friends. they’re not our enemies either, but they’re not here to be supportive of the dc dance community per se. their goal is simply to tell the truth as they see it. and since they are human and flawed and also still learning, their truth may not be what we recognize as the truth. another thought… in the audience, i saw folks i vaguely recognized then realized i’d never seen her with her hair down or her in street clothes. it was interesting to see how people looked when they’re in the real world the choices they made and for a moment i felt like that must be the real them just as my short skirt and heels were the real me. but they aren’t, they aren’t - that’s one side of myself, but a more real side is me in dance clothes stretching to communicate more clearly rolling and softening and reaching. at that moment, with that realization, i loved these dancers, loved our common love for dance. that’s why we were there and do what we do: because we can communicate without words, and we want to do it better; because dance is a way to express our souls through movement, unlike anything else. we’re there because of a common love for dance. probably sarah kaufman doesn’t love dance like that we can’t expect her to be someone she’s not. |
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