Dawn, et al, Dawn wrote> "It's like the writer (who I forget now) that wrote about the Judson Dance > Theater and maybe was the first to call them post-modern dancers and > really talk about their processes and theories". Do you mean Michael Kirby? Kirby used the term in a 1975 Theater Dance Rweciew essay in regard to dance I believe. Doug Dawn Stoppiello wrote: > >I have also tried the idea, based on the works of Nathan Shedroff, > >of using the term "experience design". And "performance > >technology". Nothing works--I still get blank looks. I think if we > >all agreed on a term, and proceeded to severely label a large body > >of work with that term, we MIGHT be termed a movement...but where's > >the fun in that? > > Hello Jeff, > Yeah, no matter where you go...there you are. It is kind of fun to > continually challenge myself to describe what I do in different terms > to see what turns the lights on for people. And different people > respond to different descriptions. I love "experience designer". > Generally, I am still quite fond of choreographer. Which still has > people asking what the hell is that. Which leads to "modern" dance > which isn't exactly what I do...oh words are so complicated:) > > I don't think we are a movement because of our vast diversity in > style and aesthetics. We could be a toolment. > > Dawn > -- > *************************** > Dawn Stoppiello > Artistic Co-Director > Troika Ranch > dawn@troikaranch.org > http://www.troikaranch.org > *************************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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