Day 79 - One year later

A year ago today, I started this blog with the intention of having a daily improvisation session.  My goal was to make exploration a habit, and I believe I have accomplished that goal. While I haven't always been able to record every exploration, I have approached this past year with the process in mind.  I have questioned, explored, discovered, and started from the beginning all over again.  I have shifted my focus from goals and finished products to what I can learn along the way.  I have learned that life is best lived through improvisation- to run with the ideas that inspire me, and leave alone the ones that don't.  When I first moved to Houston I was concerned with building my resume. I wanted to sprint- to do everything I could, as fast as I could.  I think this blog became something I never expected.  It gave me a different way to approach my work- through the lens of experimentation versus a mentality of right or wrong or the best.  I have always been taught the importance of technique in dance, the importance of class and maintenance.  I think what I really needed was to let go of what dance has been to other people, and to find out what it could be to me.  To leave the classroom and the rigors of daily technique classes, and find out what it means to be alone in a space, to find my impulses, and my voice.  I look forward to the next 286 days of dance and what I will discover along the way!