a message from THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ON COVID

The synergy that bonds teacher/ student or performer/audience - such a vital human connection is now in jeopardy as if being severed with a scythe. Many in the artistic community can relate to Garcia Lorca’s ‘Con puňal en el pecho’.​

Nevertheless, there is a need to find ways in which one’s artistic life’s purpose can stay alive whether it is in the art – in the music –or in the dance.

No matter how small or soft one’s artistic voice is – as in my case with an intimate studio and core of dancers/students who I view as my artistic family, that voice has something of value to express and must be allowed to do so -  like all of us.

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Martha Graham (one of my dance mentors) once said "A dancer dies twice — once when they stop dancing, and this first death is the more painful."  What an important and absolute statement.

So my fellow artists – we must somehow continue in whatever the capacity or the medium -  even if one dances virtually, physically, visually, mentally  - whatever PLEASE don’t stop!

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Thus I have created “Rough cuts” – a platform that will cover various dance bits/pics  from masked semi private classes to improvisational emotional movement that tends to reflect what we as dancers are feeling of these current chaotic times.

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I wish everyone well – be safe – stay smart – but above all  - never let your artistic voice be silenced."

Elena La Comadre, November 2020