Solo Perspectives

 

  • My trajectory as a primary solo artist has offered me an introspective journey through these last ten years. Despite the numerous challenges and decisions through and around dance, I still choose to be in relationship with it. Solo has been my modality to consider who I am in any given stage of life either knowingly or subconsciously. It has been a therapy. It has been difficult. It has been a conduit to many conversations. It has allowed me to share honestly who I am through performance or research. Unlimited by the potentiality of the self, I now wish to investigate this trajectory at another level.

    I seek to craft experiences for others where I am not on the dance floor. Support, listen, push, inquire, reflect, share, etc. are manners in which residencies have offered me. At times, I questioned my own role within; as truly being deserving, what my purpose is in those environments, how I have benefited, and how there is room for improvement. In continuous learning and as far as these funds can support, I offer “Solo Perspectives”.

  • 50 hours of free rehearsal space at MOVO

    $600 stipend

    A photography session

    A public sharing

    A malleable, dynamic opportunity to be, learn, try, and inform your own interest in solo while intersecting with myself and another artist.

Solo Perspectives

A call for 2 BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ dance artists interested in solo exploration.

Due midnight May 31.
Notices projected June 14.

APPLY

Notes:

  • If you have accessibility inquiries into this program, please consider the space and feel free to reach out to me directly to converse on my capabilities to support you.

  • The space: https://movospace.wixsite.com/movo/about 

  • As you navigate this journey, I will be learning along. Please stay open, available, diligent, patient, and flexible.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

 

  • •What does a solo practice mean/look like to you? Where does it fit at this stage in your career/life?

    •Tell me who you are. What identities are present, do you navigate, are unfamiliar with?

    •How do you see yourself as a part/apart from others?

    Note: Solo process requires decision making, interpretation, and reinvention. Apply this to how you approach these questions. Choose the length, format, your own order in answering these prompts, and/or something else you feel is integral to share.

  • •Honesty/transparency/weight of what solo process/making means to you today.

    •The manner you speak/approach the known of your identity or spectrum of it.

    •The potential for connection/dialogue/learning between you, myself, the other selected artist and extensive community.