I know that we are in a time when some artists are pulling away from Facebook --- too much screentime, too much time looking at others’ lives and feeling bad about our own. But recently, I have grown to appreciate a newer, relatively tame but useful, way that dancers use Facebook to quickly find ideas and get people talking.
Over the past few months I have seen several dancers pose a question and get great responses. These are non-heated topics, but rather questions looking for multiple answers. I recall:
-A dance professor creating a list of collaborators from dance history to use in a course (ex. Cunningham and Cage)
-A dancer wanting recommendations on shows to see in the coming months in the Bay Area
-Another dance professor seeking ideas for key dance films to show in a dance appreciation course
-A dance writer gathering questions to ask in future interviews with dance filmmakers from Europe
When looking for a list of ideas, and relatively quickly (24 hours or less), try it out in the near future on FB. For information gathering, I venture to say that using Facebook --- versus a group email --- will result in more responses in a very short amount of time. The information, shared publicly, just might help or inspire another dancer or two.
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