DEVELOPING LOCAL CHOREOGRAPHERS

Articulate Austin sees a need to challenge themselves and their peers to create dance that reflects an intelligent, thoughtful, and fearless approach to choreography. Through a rigorous series of reviews, rounds of editing, and culminating performances, they are building a powerful environment for the development of dance artists.

A key function in this process is the invitation of meaningful criticism from the community, including peers, established choreographers, dance writers, and audiences at large. In service of this goal, we need to empower audiences to participate in the process of conversing critically with each other and with artists about the work that they see.

EMPOWERING LOCAL DANCE AUDIENCES

This program seeks to generate investment in dance in the Austin community–not just as a performance-based but as a process-based art form, with the understanding that all art is informed by its individual creators, performers, and audience.

By creating a safe structure for audiences to contribute to the development and criticism of work within the series, Articulate Austin hopes to build a much-needed framework for communication and thoughtful critique in the dance community as a whole. Through the establishment of an inclusive platform for fearless development of both audiences and dance artists, Articulate Austin could be a long-term part of the ongoing growth of the Austin performing arts community.