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 associated with that. Of...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Sep 14
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 13
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 5
- 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
- Jan 31
- 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 22
- 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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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Aug 6, 2022
- 4 min
23. Aeaea Project - 22
About a month ago, I wrote about a new piece I'd been working on. Its submission had been accepted for presentation at the Detroit Dance...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Jul 7, 2022
- 5 min
22. "I've Died Too Many Deaths that Were Not Mine..."
"You drown not by falling in the river, but by staying submerged in it." ~Paulo Coelho Have you ever watched a synchronized swimmer? She...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Dec 5, 2021
- 3 min
21. a moment… of silence… or solitude… of solace.
Today is the 5th day of December, 2021. We left Detroit a little over 4 months ago. Since then, I guess we’ve just been rebuilding. I...
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Nicole (Johnson) Williams
- Jul 5, 2021
- 10 min
20. We're Moving to Massachusetts!!.. Here's how it happened.
Where do you begin when you've been gone so long and so much has transpired? I guess I'll just start with an update and see where it goes...
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