Afterthought

“I suppose it’s like the ticking crocodile, isn’t it? Time is chasing after all of us.” – J.M. Barrie

A part of this piece will be shown at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Junior-Senior Choreographer’s Concert on March 31st and April 1st.  The final work will debut online at a later date.

This piece includes six parts, or chapters, that each conveys a different aspect of growing up. It explores the emotions we feel as we find our niche in this world, the excitement of growing up and having new opportunities opened to us.  Finally, it allows for reflection and longing of our youthful past as we realize we are where we once yearned to be.  An Afterthought was heavily influenced by my love for J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan.

In the process of creating this piece, I wanted to challenge myself to create a literal narrative and explore the art of storytelling through dance, using characters, costuming, lighting, and music to progress a plotline rather than create an abstract movement that represented a theme.

For more news on Project 21, see my blog entries on the creative process.