Dance with Music: My first experience in collaboration

Growing up, dance always followed music. My dance teachers would choreographer dances based on the songs they chose.

Arriving in college, they told the opposite. The dance should come first and the music should support, but not overpower.

I feel like a lot of professionals have found a way to find a balance between the two. To let the dance lead or to allow yourself to be inspired by sound.

I was lucky enough last year to be able to work with a percussionist to create a work together. Allowing the movement and the sound to be created in the same space. Striving to respond equally to one another.