by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 17, 2013 | performance, poetry
When invited to read my poetry for the 40th anniversary and new location of Living Arts in Tulsa Oklahoma September 2009, I was in the country only a few weeks from a year working in S. Korea. The artistic director and a committee of artists of various disciplines...
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 28, 2012 | body awareness, creative writing, somatics, Writing From the Body
You master an important initial step when you sit at your desk to write: showing up. Positioning yourself at the desk conveys an intent to commit words to the page. Manifesting the intent should follow, but for some of us, that next step can be tricky. We may get...
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...
