Editors’ Letter Julia Gavin Bither & Eben Kowler We have been thinking about S P A C E. The sense of space changes in the spring in Minnesota. The roads…
After class at Tu Dance a few years back, Toni Pierce Sands told me she never wears her
dance clothes out in the world…even for a quick commute from rehearsal to home at the end of
the day, she changes into street clothes. I make it a policy to always do whatever Toni says so I
checked my habit of throwing bigger sweatpants over sweatpants then and there.
I never have thought of myself as a choreographer, even though on my resume it lists a lot of pieces that I’ve choreographed over the years. I feel like I am a dance educator [big gesture], a dancer [medium gesture], and a choreographer [small gesture]. I don’t feel the need to make work, but I have made many pieces along the way.
As I sit here writing this, I’m lodged between the two landscapes people imagined when I told them I was moving three hours northwest of the Twin Cities. The lake and the prairie; these landscapes have a way of constantly reminding me of growth, space, and ownership. Yes, I live in a town with less than 1,000 citizens. No, I don’t go hunting or harvest my garden for the winter…