In several recent meetings, the director of NEW INC introduced me by my title and then added that I am a dancer and choreographer. She stated that she’s seen how this informs the work that I am doing and how I approach the material. Her commentary was unsolicited, and we’d not talked about this prior. It is an example of what I mean when I talk about sustainability + dance + "career." I encourage dancers to never leave the skills we have or the identity of "dancer" at the door. Bring dance into everything – parenting, walking, working, relationship-building – leverage your kinesthetic intelligence on stage and off. We need to broaden our understanding of what dance means – for dancers. The rest of the world values us based on how we value ourselves. We need to craft and own our stories far better. Currently, we are denying ourselves and the world the valuable wisdom we hold.
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