by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 27, 2013 | Buddhism, contact improvisation, dance, poetry, somatic practice
Begun in Australia, The Next Big Thing is a campaign that has spread around the world. Authors answer several questions that introduce their next project. Then they tag another author to do the same, a type of web chain mail. I’ve been tagged by poet Joe Harrington....
by Cheryl Pallant | Jul 31, 2012 | contact improvisation, dance, poetry
Joe Tranquillo and me Anyone who has tried to assign words to movement immediately encounters difficulty. How do you apply something as seemingly static as words to motion? Early in the process of creating an outline for my book on contact improvisation, Contact...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 19, 2012 | body awareness, creativity, dance, writing
During college, my modern dance teacher Carmen Beuchat continually challenged my comfort level. In class, she’d urge me to reach toward the horizon of my limits. Straighter torso, she’d say. Hip closer to a classmate’s. More energy. I squirmed. Daily. Unfamiliar...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 29, 2011 | creativity, dance, poetry
QUESTIONS: How can we be guided by the Creative in the present moment? What does it look (or sound or feel) like when we are? I return to these questions again and again, particularly at the start of a project. Answering these questions influence the trajectory of my...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 21, 2011 | dance, S. Korea, shaman
Hyonok Kim was one of my mainstays during my tenure as professor in S. Korea, a dancer who blends eastern and western training. She introduced me to Kim Keum Hwa, Korea’s most famous shaman. The following excerpt from Ginseng Tango, my as-yet unpublished book on my...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 18, 2011 | dance, poetry, teachers
For this, my first blog post, I want to express gratitude for several significant teachers of mine. These teachers provided a potent example of artistic paths which gave me impetus for mine. They roused my curiosity, pointed out an unseen direction, and inspired...
