Over the summer I had
a chance to look back at Pinterest and find common threads. The themes that seem apparent are: a
longing for flight or birds, and speaking out and having your voice be heard.
Another theme seems to be the feeling of being caught on a merry-go-round or
in some kind of unbreakable cycle.
Upon further research
I learned that most female songbirds don’t sing … I think there is something to
explore in that. The book When Women Were Birds: Fifty Four Variationson Voice by Terry Tempest Williams found it’s way by coincidence into my
hands this summer and touched on many of the above themes. This connection of birds, women and
voice is not an uncommon connection and is prevalent in folk tales like The Crane Wife. What is this archetypal
connection all about and how can I investigate and express it choreographically? ... and why do I want to express this theme? Why is it important to me?
In a lot of ways this work feels like it is picking up from where our show Woven left off as we had just started to hint at this connection between women and birds.
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