DANCE SCORES Donna Miranda
foreword
This book is a demonstration of austerity. A mobilization of disadvantage and composition out of lack. Produced in a span of one day whilst nursing a flu, the pieces of dance in this compilation were composed as a sort of an anxious response to what are sometimes the debilitating requisites of producing a dance object. Simply put, the pieces of dance in this compilation were composed with the most minimal financial, social and bodily resources available, that is without: studio, rehearsal time, stylistic concern, producer, presenter, grant, fiscal support, culture agenda, theater, and dancing-able body. All 50 dance pieces in this book were created, produced, composed, and choreographed with no dancer in mind. And to have no dancer in mind. That is to say, this work is a pure act of choreography. An act prefaced by an open field of absences.
A piece of dance ending with “a dance�
A piece of dance that ends with a period.
This is a dance sentence.
a dance phrase
a dance in five words
A dance in five lines
dance in five easy steps
dance without punctuation
Dance in CAPS and lowercase
marginal dances marginal dances
marginal dances
marginal dances
standing sitting walking
This piece starts with a dance and ends with dance
A piece of dance written as dance
This is a spectacle, you may clap after reading this passage.
Manila, 2013.