MDC Kendall Campus Jubilation Dance Ensemble, photo by Mitchell Zachs
Creating the Choreography
- Creating a movement choir requires dancers to share common movements in the spirit of the collective. To accomplish this we invite participants to submit movement phrases inspired by their water site. These phrases are assembled and offered to all participants to use as they wish and feel inspired.
- To create the collective experience of a movement choir, everyone begins their dance with the Opening Shared Movement Phrase (Opening Phrase) and ends their dance with the Closing Shared Movement Phrase (Closing Phrase). These phrases will be chosen from those submitted by participating dancers and will be identified and made available on this website by mid-January, 2024.
- Whether you create a solo or work with a group, everyone will begin their dance with the Opening Phrase on Saturday April 20, 2024, at exactly 4:00pm EDT, at which time the live streaming will begin. The length of your dance is up to each choreographer
- After the Opening Phrase, your individual and unique choreography begins. Inspired by Dance Exchange’s “Remembering Waters Way”, we invite all choreographers to encourage the audience to follow the dancers as they travel along a pathway, the edge of a waterway, along a beach or any possible route.
- Everyone will complete their dance on their own time with the Closing Phrase. Invite the audience to do the Closing Phrase with you. By using repetition the audience can more easily learn the phrase while deepening the collective experience with each repetition.
- The process of moving together brings the audience into the flow of the dancers’ movement and the flow of water itself.
- The music and costumes are individual choices.