As close as it can get [almost]

Do you about that feeling that starts gathering in your body while a work moves into the production phase and when everything stop being just about the movement?
When other elements start coming into play, such as, staging, lighting, music, performance clothes, etc.?
Well, this moment has arrived for Viento Perdido and we are not less than two weeks away from the performance evening.

Being responsible for almost everything that has to do with your piece and the performance of the piece to an audience is very unique experience.
You've passed the first stage where you were only a dancer/performer and all other decision depended on other people and you move to the place were you were also responsible for the creation of the movement; the responsibility of the choreographer.
And then you've passed that stage too, and started assuming all kinds of different roles and responsibilities relevant to the elements mentioned above.
Going through all of these stages definitely makes me more stressed because I want everything to work out as planned, but it also makes me feel more mature and that I have grown immensely compared to who I was a few months ago.

Working on every new piece kind of makes me feel this way simply because that is the reality of life. You start creating something new, you put all your effort in, your committ to it, and you end being just one more step ahead of yourself than who you were when you began this new adventure. This might sound confusing - or I may have just written it in a confusing way! - but this entire process carries great meaning. That is how we proceed in life; we create, we learn, we struggle, we exhaust ourselves, we envigor ourselves. In the end, we try to become better that who we were yesterday and feel proud of our achievements and creations.


As we are about to hit the studio hard this coming week, as it is the week before the performance week, I cannot help but fall into a duality of feelings and mindset. I am stressed, in a good way, and I am so excited at the same time.
Every experience is a new experience and I just want to make the most out of it - as a dancer/performer, a choreographer, and all these new roles that have come up my way.

  

       

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