Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Short Reflection from soloist Emily Lubinski

I am a full time teaching artist in Seattle and professional dancer with the dynamic, unique company that is 127th St. Dance.  I direct a high school dance program, teach at a University ballet studio, and instruct a ballet and pointe program at a competitive dance studio.  As a teaching artist, I'm so often alone in the studio with my art and my choreography, and as a dancer I am often challenged so much physically that one can feel very raw when the music ends.  127th St. Dance is a beautiful, hauntingly emotional, daring company of brilliant choreographers and dancers, but it's more than any dance company I've known - it's a home.  We truly are a family.  We not only love our art and our profession, but each other.  127th St. Dance brings that sense of unity and belonging to each of us in the company, and to everyone for whom we perform.  To me, 127th St. Dance means so much more than a company, an art form, or a job - it is truly, at its core, the human experience.

~ Emily Lubinski
127th St. Dance Company, soloist