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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 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...
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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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 6, 20234 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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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...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Jan 23, 20235 min read
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