Release
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A Shared Struggle
Steph Lee Playing with recoil in a restraining costume while in residency for Brutally Submissive. The process fed me so much, creatively and energetically, and I had a lot to reflect after. Mostly, I want to know how to research the performative possibilities within myself and find out how many layers my dancing can […]
Playing with Capacity
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Facing Fears
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Cold Splits Challenge
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Spontaneity & Fear
Steph Lee View this post on Instagram Spontaneous backbends..are so not my thing. Years ago, I was hit by a car. My youthful ego pushed me back into dancing after 20 days of rehab. I kind of regretted not taking time out for myself then but shook the feelings off. “My body […]
Studying Failure
Stephanie Lee For every success, there are countless examples of failure we don’t ever see or hear of. But, how frequently do we study failure? In others and ourselves? By studying failures, we get more bang for our buck and the analysis often goes far deeper and becomes intricately fascinating. If you want to […]
Lessons from Teaching in 2019
Steph Lee As a teacher and educator, daily self reflection is crucial. Instead of making a new year resolution, I decided to review all my lesson plans of 2019 and summarise them. Transmit Insight, not Information The more you know, the smarter you are and thus the better teacher you can be? Nope. Information can […]
Rethinking Warmups
Stephanie Lee Can they be less of a routine and more of a spontaneous test of readiness and mental stimulation? Can we simply ‘go’ and use what we find there to adjust our training? View this post on Instagram Warmup dances for the soul. This is my first ‘movement practice’ of […]
Memory, Focus, & Learning
Stephanie Lee FOCUS. We can only pay attention to what we know exists. The relationship between memory and learning is a subject that is often thought of in a linear way. But building long term memories requires me to find many paths to learn AND feel. I do believe memory is the foundation for […]
It’s All Art
Stephanie Lee I am drawn to the undeniable human experience. The guttural, heart-wrenching physical assertions of the body. For me, few things are as addictive as the pleasure of moving across the floor, twisting my limbs, expanding breath and energy through my body, and carving previously unseen pathways in space. Because I love to […]