Marly S. Danceworks recently launched the "group solo" project. In simple terms the project is a giant game of dance telephone - I recorded myself performing about 3 minutes of my own choreography and then sent it off to the first of 22 participants. The participants vary from career dancers to party dancers and everything in between. The first participant will watch the video I provided and learn the movement - in my communications with the participants I stressed that they observe the video carefully and try to learn the movement with some precision but that they also make it their OWN solo. That is, that their goal is to have a 3 minute piece that feels good and works for their body, has their own energetic flavor, and feels complete in it own right. Once the first participant has learned the material they will video themselves and send it on to the next person in the chain. Eventually, the last person in the chain will send their video to me and I will re-learn it and perform the piece. I will not view any of the in between videos until I have learned the final piece. I expect to receive the last video sometime in February! Below is a VERY short clip of the first few second of the video I passed on - just a sneak peek but you will have to wait awhile for any more! If you are a part of this project maybe refrain from watching the preview since you need to focus on the version sent to you :)

Very excited to see where this goes!