Sara Wookey (dancer rejected the offer to perform with Abramovic at MOCA's gala):
Wither's says, "I want to suggest another mode of thinking: When we, as artists, accept or reject work, when we participate in the making of a work, even (or perhaps especially) when it is not our own, we contribute to the establishment of standards and precedents for our cohort and all who will come after us."
There is always so much angst for the dancers that are rejected time and time again at auditions. I'm curious why it is such a huge deal that this dancer rejected this choreographer. The working environment did not suit her comfort level period. Seems like a respectable decision to me. Seems odd she even needs to explain herself. Just because you have a big name, and are a piece of history doesn't mean the dancer has to bow down to you. I've done my sharing of bowing down and regretted it each time. No more bowing down. Perhaps it used to be ok to treat dancers like dirt, but i would never agree to do that piece, no matter who the artists was.
http://vimeo.com/33440443
Kelly's choreographic work
Red lit dancers in black maneuver slowly, very slowly through a vacant bar. Vacant in liveliness, but not texture, the dancers moved with butoh stillness, enough for audience's muscles and eyes to rest, and their curiosity to dance.
http://www.youtube.com/user/41TLJ?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/9zuJ3uaG-Ns
This specifically site specific piece exemplified the psychological space that can occur between two lovers in a relationship. By literally seeing the distance between these two dancers in this outside roman amphitheater staircase at Anne Arundel Community College, one felt the miles it takes to keep a relationship close.
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