Tere O'Connor Dance Blog

Throughout history and in diverse cultures, dance has long proffered a value system in which subtle, narrative underpinnings are king. Either through story, identity, social context, or conceptualism, dances were reiterations of existing ideas. Tere O'Connor's choreography finds its logic outside the realm of "translation". He views dance as a system of information with its own properties, an abstract documentary form that need not be assessed through the lens of western culture, spoken language or the history of dance. For O'Connor, choreography is a process of observation and the inclusion of multiple, disparate elements--a journey away from the narrow social constructs created to standardize human behavior. He believes that meaning in dance is arrived at in collaboration with the audience’s endlessly expansive referential world.

In his work, O'Connor attempts to bring into evidence aspects of consciousness that are present in the contingencies of dance. The complex coexistence of time passing, metaphor, constant change, tangential thought, and memory play is central to the work and delineates the spectrum of corporeal and structural choices he makes in his work. He is committed to the power of dance as a sub-linguistic area of expression and revels in its ability to braid together the personal and the universal.

O'Connor's astounding performers and renowned collaborators constitute a family of artists who are dedicated to expanding the potency of dance as a serious art form. His boldly individualist approach to choreography has contributed new thought to the form and resonates throughout its theoretical discourse.

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