43. new venture
I'm currently on a plane headed to Boston from Seattle, where I spent the past 4 days at the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- 4 days ago
- 6 min
42. a philosophy
In 2011, when I entered the work force as a dance educator for the first time, I was devastated. At 24 years old, I believed that...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
41. curriculum values
My primary responsibility as an educator is to equip learners with the skills necessary to develop four practices: truth seeking,...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- 4 days ago
- 4 min
40. concepts and theory
In Doug Risner’s Curriculum Theory Basics , he outlines numerous curriculum theories that educators have historically employed. There...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Oct 10, 2023
- 1 min
39. all those on the other end of the line
One of my students passed away the other day. There have been a lot of feelings and truths to wade through in association with that. Of...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Sep 14, 2023
- 6 min
38. concept discovery
This year, I will continue the exploration I began two years ago of the Aeaea Project, with a special emphasis on how I facilitate the...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Apr 27, 2023
- 5 min
37. revision – final blog post
The final stage of this Artistic Cycle is the Revision Stage, where students are asked to explore and/or revise as much of the artistic...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Apr 27, 2023
- 5 min
36. reflections toward revision
Last week, I worked with Urban Bush Women as a member of the Community Care Chorus for their site-responsive piece, Haint Blu, presented...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Apr 16, 2023
- 4 min
35. reflection
As I reflect upon this artistic experience from beginning to end, I am beyond satisfied with the outcomes. I began with a clear concept...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Apr 11, 2023
- 4 min
34. a necessity for intuitive play
Over the two-week spring break at my school, I went into the studio three times each week to warm up with a ballet barre and center, then...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Mar 14, 2023
- 3 min
33. the left shoe on the right foot
I have spent the past week grounding myself in a physical exploration of my ballet practice and trying to understand where it lives in my...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Mar 6, 2023
- 7 min
32. storytelling with ballet
I spent this past week in Pittsburg, accompanying 10 of my students at the National High School Dance Festival hosted at Point Park...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Feb 28, 2023
- 4 min
31. of the larger picture
The solo that I’m re-envisioning for this project is one piece of a larger work. This particular solo was actually a piece of a different...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Feb 20, 2023
- 4 min
30. finding synergy
synergy – (noun) the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Feb 14, 2023
- 5 min
29. without having recourse to overwhelming, ornate purple prose
Oppression I want to talk about oppression. What it’s made of, what it stems from, and how racism is at the crux of it all. Maybe, if one...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Feb 6, 2023
- 4 min
28. due all women who refuse to wait in vain
The text that I am using for this Artistic Experience is the poem, Sequelae, written by Audre Lorde and published in her 1978 book, The...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Feb 1, 2023
- 3 min
27. backstory
I got a hunch… *hunch– (v) raise (one’s shoulders) and bend the top of one’s body forward *hunch– (n) a feeling or guess based on...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Jan 23, 2023
- 5 min
26. creativity and play – the pathway home
~ a reflection after reading “Mind at Play” from the book, Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephan Nachmanovitch and “What do...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
25. Closer to 40 than 20 these days...
I went to take class the other day at Broadway Dance Center. Today... I can't walk. It's not because the class was particularly hard. But...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
24. A Reflective Practice / the through-line to the journey
I've been writing a LOT lately, finishing the first semester of my masters program. And although I might not have many words left to...
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