by shannondoolingdances | Feb 1, 2022 | Dancers' Wisdom
Somehow, we’ve made it to 2022. And unfortunately, we’re somehow still … here. In whatever this is. I think we all know, all too well, the myriad problems in the world right now – no need to elaborate, is there? But what we don’t always...
by shannondoolingdances | Aug 7, 2021 | Dancers' Wisdom
One of my favorite things about being a dance teacher is helping my students develop their own creative expression through improvisation and choreography. My entire relationship to dance changed when I discovered these two artistic avenues, and I know first hand how...
by shannondoolingdances | Jun 2, 2021 | Dancers' Wisdom
It’s been a while since my last Dancers’s Wisdom post – over three months, to be exact. March, April, and May passed in a blur, busy with commitments including choreographing my first full-length musical, teaching my regular workload, assisting with...
by shannondoolingdances | Jan 16, 2021 | Dancers' Wisdom
We are 15 days into the new year, and I’ve already found my mantra for 2021: “The only way to do it, is to do it.” This quote from Merce Cunningham has been on my mind often in the last two weeks …. When I sat down to write lesson plans, and...
by shannondoolingdances | Jan 30, 2019 | Dancers' Wisdom
As a dance educator and choreographer, I’m always thinking about transitions. Dance technique is full of transitional movements that make all the difference: that perfect preparation before the pirouette, that luxurious undercurve in the triplet, that sublime...
by shannondoolingdances | Oct 29, 2018 | Dancers' Wisdom
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about productivity. The dance world is fueled by over-productive people whose genuine passion for their work leads them to accomplish a Herculean list of feats on a daily basis. I’m used to this dance-related pressure to do...
