{"id":1189,"date":"2022-03-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:32:49","slug":"for-bebe-miller-dance-is-how-she-understands-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/for-bebe-miller-dance-is-how-she-understands-the-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"For Bebe Miller, Dance Is How She Understands the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of my life in dance has taken place in the studio. Wait, that\u2019s not right. My life in dance\u2014as a choreographer, a dancer, a director, a collaborator, a watcher\u2014happens almost everywhere, anywhere, most of the time. Dance is the way I digest what the world is teaching me. It\u2019s the way I traverse the intersection of \u201cWhat does this feel like?\u201d and \u201cWhat makes that particular space between people so\u2026particular?\u201d with \u201cHow does this move?\u201d There\u2019s a geometry at work as I\u2019m noticing the dynamics of energy\u00ad and timing and personality all around me. People move. They carry a kind of story-ness in how their bodies bend around each other on the street, in their homes, between breaths. And now in my life as a choreographer and an older dancer, the chance to shape the flow of these intersecting sensations\u2014to music, to humming along, to silence, alone, with favorite and\/or new partners\u2014is immensely satisfying.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDance is the way I digest what the world is teaching me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bebe Miller <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Biggest change from the early years: less worry, more enjoyment. Hold up! Also not quite right. Though of course, yes, I worry less about how a work will come together. (There\u2019s a lot to be said about faith in strategies that have worked before, even when the content is new.) And, yes, dancing in the last few years has been deeply satisfying even as my physical range has shifted. But my physical interest has also shifted. There is so much, still, to feel! So much to notice in the intricacies of timing and rhythm through one\u2019s body. So much to respond to, whether you\u2019re performing or figuring out what a specific sequence might involve. Or just dancing.<\/p>\n

I love dancing; always have, always will. We get to be fully available, fully transcendent, deep in memory as well as the now. We get to share all of this in performance, and, when we\u2019re lucky, we get to embody it all in the present moment, wherever we may be. <\/p>\n

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