Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities.
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Research: Emily's Website
As artists in the digital age, it is important to have our own web presence. Spend a few minutes on Emily's website. What are the categories? Images? What is the feeling/tone of her site?
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~ecc34
Discuss: Dance Work/Non-Dance Work
Emily commented, "Some of the work that I do now may seem like 'not-dancing'--such as producing student work, maintaining budgets, grading papers, designing syllabi, administrative work for the curriculum, etc. But in the end, all of these activities relate to being an artist in the world."
Do you agree or disagree?
Research: Icons in Dance
Emily has worked first hand with many amazing figures in both the ballet world and contemporary world. If unfamiliar with some of these artists and groups, do some research on the web. Do Google searches, read on Wikipedia, view on Youtube, and look at artists' sites:
- Angelin Preljocaj
- White Oak Dance Project
- Steve Paxton
- Lucinda Childs
- Yvonne Rainier
- Twyla Tharp
- Sara Rudner
Discuss: Teaching Dance
Emily wrote," Teaching is one of the greatest gifts of being an artist, if you recognize it is a part of your practice. It can deepen your artistic work, as you can in class probe pressing questions that you are grappling with yourself. Most important, teaching forces you to think about the well being of others. It diminishes solipsism. I love teaching and I love working with students. I learn from them everyday."
Discuss within a college course. What phrase or idea strikes you? What do you think is the relationship of teaching and being a dance artist? What does the phrase "teaching artist" mean to you?
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