dno dances

I chose dance because it is a communal art form. I have been privileged to be a part of the New York Dance community for the past seven years, and have spent shorter periods of time in many others. Each one had its own distinctive flavor, methods, and points of view. Without fail, immersing myself in a new situation resulted in exciting and unexpected syntheses of philosophy. In fact nothing has taught me more about the value of the transitory than moving between these different artistic spheres. Every person we have the opportunity to collaborate with can shift our belief system just a bit. So, if we are constantly engaging with new people, our process can become malleable, dynamic and evolving.

So then, what about this new online community? It is exponentially larger than any other, and free from all geographic constraints. Awesome!

And yet, now, I sometimes struggle to find the freedom to focus. Social multi-tasking has become the norm. At any given moment I’m holding the threads of many different conversations, held via e mail, text, phone, facebook message, flickr photo feeds… at what point does the quality of these interactions start to suffer?