The latest from the reTHiNK Possible Worlds Work in Progress Blog on The Big Idea. We were stoked to see this featured on the Big Idea homepage today and thought we’d share it on. It’s an inspiration to see so many different kinds of artists interacting with this subject material in so many different ways…
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Making Poetry Dance
Febe (Sarah) Holmes from Etched Dance Productions reflects on the process of creating dance for the reTHiNK Possible Worlds show.


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So far we have had a lot of fun working collaboratively with the poets and musicians of The Literatti for the reTHiNK Possible Worlds project. We have been with them all through-out their creative processes, seeing and feeling how each piece changes and progresses from its starting point.
I think this is a really great way to work. It makes it easier for us as dancers to have more of an understanding of their works and so we are able to create movement that hopefully compliments and expresses the ideas and feelings behind each poem. It’s also allowed the poets to get a sense of where we are going with the dance interpretation and it’s been great to see some of the poets start picking up on our movements in their own performances. It’s not often that we get to work in such a two-way relationship with our source of inspiration. …
Tickets for reTHiNK Possible Worlds are on sale now at The Literatti’s website.