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48. Embodied Storytelling - learning from inside the work
I'm so excited be partnering with Bulkspace on Thursday, 5/1/25, not only to share my thoughts, ideas, and visions for the future, but also to build, assemble, integrate, and celebrate my artistic community. Whether you consider yourself an artist of not, we do hope you'll join us if you can!
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
6 days ago4 min read
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47. to commence... how then shall I live?
The piece is about being in that still and uncertain place. It's about stumbling upon God there at the crossroads of a most Holy Trinity -- Past, Present, and Future -- and being infused with that rich harmony somehow already coming from the inside. A cyclical type of thing. It churns and churns, gathering energy with each revolution, until finally it doesn't break free; rather it realizes it's been free all along.
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
7 days ago3 min read
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46. what does it mean to be human?
It’s something about being on the inside,
From the inside,
Seeing from the inside
Or the other side?
Or another side.
Perspective, perhaps..
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 163 min read
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45. considering power and powerlessness
I appreciated making this piece so much because, like the poem, it required me to look at the subject of power from multiple perspectives al
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Nov 18, 20243 min read
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44. transferability?
I think it's safe to say that all of my work over the past three years has been grounded in this idea of Embodied Storytelling, by which...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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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)...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Oct 2, 20245 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Oct 1, 20246 min read
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41. curriculum values
My primary responsibility as an educator is to equip learners with the skills necessary to develop four practices: truth seeking,...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Oct 1, 20242 min read
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40. concepts and theory
In Doug Risner’s Curriculum Theory Basics , he outlines numerous curriculum theories that educators have historically employed. There...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Oct 1, 20244 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Sep 14, 20236 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Apr 27, 20235 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Apr 27, 20235 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Apr 16, 20234 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Apr 11, 20234 min read
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33. the left shoe on the right footÂ
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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Mar 6, 20237 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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30. finding synergy
synergy – (noun) the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 20, 20234 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 14, 20235 min read
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