How Dancing is Built: The Making of In A Rhythm
A new e-book by Bebe Miller
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a free, downloadable e-book sharing the choreographic process behind In A Rhythm. Bebe Miller Company’s evening-length dance work premiered November 2017 at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH.
This e-book chronicles Bebe Miller’s creative practice over a two-year period, detailing her collaboration with the dance artists and creative team from conception to premiere. Questions, insights, and considerations by Miller and her collaborators are shared as a journal of discovery.
“Dances are made, dances are performed, the world is a better place. However tidy that appears let’s assume that the creative process is less so. I’m of the mindset that choreographers and dance companies continue to produce because of the gravitational pull of ideas that emerge from a group of people in a room together, making something. Purpose can be captivating; proximity may be an even more catalytic driver. Sharing the process of finding rather than what is already found is, for me, the heart of what we offer in performance. It’s also what we offer you, our audience, in this e-book. We hope it provides a view into the ecology of our dance-making, a winnowing of a 4-D event.”
–Bebe Miller
With additional text from Michelle Boulé, Christal Brown, Shannon Drake, Angie Hauser, Darrell Jones, and Trebien Pollard, and images by Robert Altman, Jim Coleman, Derek Fowles, Nicole Garlando, Lila Hurwitz, Peter Raper, and Lily Skove.
How Dancing is Built is the latest contribution to Bebe Miller Company’s digital archive, continuing to investigate innovative ways of sharing the creative process with audiences.
