Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
I had always choreographed a little, beginning in high school. And I leaned toward choreography. I always had an overview of what was going on.
I watched 'Fame,' and I just love the choreography. It just gives me a place to be in another zone.
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
Maybe because I come from choreography, I've always felt that there's something about action films that made it very natural for me to go that way. It's story through movement.
Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that fits the world of that visual artist.
I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.
You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.
Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone.
It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.
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