Dear Mr. Dancemaker: Heather DeAtley’s Musings on 8th Day by Lior Tavori Dance Company

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What if we created a similar tradition around dance and choreography, a gateway into bringing performance and creative process to life on entirely new levels of engagement following a show? An opportunity for the audience to meaningfully interact with the choreographer (perhaps the dancers as well?), as they metabolized a work? A “Dear Abby” for dance lovers to thoughtfully discourse with choreographers about their work, but life as well. The two are so intertwined in the arts. 

I chose to create such an avenue of communication in response to experiencing Lior Tavori’s work 8th Day.Read more