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so matthew....

If you don't want it to be labeled contemporary... what should it be called? Don't make your answer too long because it overwhelms me. (slightly kidding)

I was wondering as I was teaching last night, as I was teaching my contemporary class, "if this isn't important... I'm really confused".  Like, what is important here in this classroom?  Is it the main goal that I am training these students to work in commercials, music videos and stuff like that?  Or is it important that I am speaking to them about all of their possibilities... choreographing, decision making, expression, finding their voice with dance and in life, venturing out, creating challenges never before imagined, reaching those goals and ruling the world.  I want my students to have a general knowledge of things that have come before but to have an intense focus on the sky... on all the possibilities.

I have to say that I think that sometimes the dance is trained right out of kids.  It really is. They learn the limits of it before they can explore it and grasp its endlessness.  its enormity.  its all-encompassing beauty. its artful expression.  

So anyways, please don't discount the importance of what I am teaching by getting caught up in what people name it.  I think this class is important.  I know that it is because I feel it and it doesn't feel like a fad. It doesn't feel cool.  It just feels like dancing. Maybe I should just call it "dancing class".

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