The Saga of the Untitled Work

Okay. So it has been almost two weeks since my last post in which I described my search for the title of Full Radius Dance's latest dance work. Unfortunately, nothing new to report on that front. I'm still on that quest.

For a bit, I was seriously considering copying American painter James Whistler, who gave his work titles such as "Arrangement in Gray" and "Symphony in White". Then I realized I'd have to decide on the colors that will be found in the costuming. Deciding on how to clothe the dancers for this work has been another struggle. Sometimes the complete vision of the work is revealed to me at once; at other times, things are divulged little by little, as if the Muses are sharing a reluctant secret.

This untitled dance really started to coalesce in today's rehearsal and I felt that welcomed, familar excitment well up inside me because I actually like what I've created. (I, as well as numerous other artists, have such a love/hate relationship with my work, but I'll leave that discussion for another time.)

Please plan on attending the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival on Saturday, April 16. And cross your fingers that the dance will have a title and the dancers will be costumed.