Author Archives: mauriconnors

After rehearsal for the Progeny Dance internship on Saturday I played in the park… Click here for videos.

Tomorrow I will begin my second of three weeks teaching for Summer FAIR.  I teach four 50-minute classes each day; 1st through 4th grade.  This is my first summer teaching for FAIR, and I didn’t quite know what to expect.  Let’s just say I can’t quite teach movement and dance like I’d want… It’s aContinue reading “FAIR Week #1”

Fine Arts In Rockbridge runs Summer Fair in Lexington, VA.

I had my first three rehearsals for a dance project I am involved in in my hometown this past week and I am very sore!  But also happy, because I know that I will learn a lot. The project is an internship type position for five dancers who will be learning and creating movement forContinue reading “I’d rather do this for a living than pull weeds”

A week ago I performed at a Movement Research work in progress showing with my friend Mindy.  Mindy had signed up ages ago, knowing that when the time came she would want to show work.  I traveled up from Virginia to stay with her and we made a little something the day before the showing. Continue reading ““Benefits from complexity”// talking about bad art on the subway”

After working today to get this website up to date, and reading my friend and fellow dancer, Stephanie Reeve’s blog, I decided that maybe it would help me work through my thoughts about dance to document my experiences and ideas as they happen, in a real blog, instead of just after the fact. I’ve neverContinue reading “Starting a blog”