Dance Web Scholarship 2009

 

danceWEB Impressions

 

a plain white sheet of paper

63 dance web mates: a lot of laughters, friendly smiles, confrontation, so much fresh energy
35 nations, but few problems in communicating
23 performances: more confrotation, disappointment, 2 or 3 enlightenments
12 teachers: who left me impressed
5 weeks: so much input, so a diversity
1 Vienna - I expienced for the first time in summer & soaked op completely

Travelling back in time to the last summer- theses weeks taste like a dream. One of those, where you’re not so sure if they happened, because they are almost too good.
In summer 2009 I had the privilege to be a dance webber in Vienna and honestly it was an amazing time.
A time with more ups than downs,
a time when I experienced LUXURIOUS FREEDOM !
And because of this certain kind of luxury, I was different. I felt different when I sat in performances, when I danced, when I talked to people- I was so relaxed.
It’s as if you stand as a child in front of a candy store and you can’t wait till the door opens. And the when the shopkeeper opens he says, “You can stay here for 5 weeks- take whatever you want!”
I did whatever I wanted to. I could choose from so many things, that it was hard to decide! So I tried what I liked to and when I didn’t like something, it didn’t matter, because there was so much more! That’s real LUXURY to me!
I was centered but in the same time I was completely lost in this flow! It was great!

In the beginning I was afraid, that I would be too much.
All the new faces, all the different opinions about art and movement, various styles,…in such a short time. But now it feels like I gathered much, which will stay with me for a long time, digesting & appear again and again in my creative process.
And after these weeks, even though if I got so much imput,
I feel more than ever like a plain white paper.
Because certain doubts were cleared and my own motivation & energy was doubled in the flow of the festival and the group.
It’s like my artistic approach is rewritten after Dance Web, more than changed.
And this is quite surprising to me.

DANKE to everybody who supported me, that I could join this experience!