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3 Lessons From Choreographer Liam Scarlett

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1. Create Safety to Experiment

Scarlett says that a rehearsal should be a place to make mistakes, not be afraid of looking silly, and that when laughter arises in the process, the artists are “laughing with each other, not at one another.”

2. Filter Movement Through Emotion

Though Scarlett’s Vespertine is abstract, it’s all about feelings, specifically those reflecting the definition of “vespertine”– an “active, flowering, or flourishing in the evening.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Scarlett believes that, in dance, a glance can be more powerful than a virtuosic display like 32 fouettés.

3. Remember That Choreography Lives Through Performers

As a choreographer, Scarlett admits that he is sad when the creation process is over. Yet, he points out that finishing a dance work is “not like finishing a painting.” Choreography goes on living. Performers bring it to life again and again. He says, “It’s different every night, different for every interpreter.”

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Interview: Gail Archer, Concert Organist

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Who or what were the most important influences on your musical life and career?

While I teach organ and direct choirs at the university level now, the music that influenced me as a young musician was always sacred music in church: hymns, anthems, the Mass.

What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?

There is still great resistance in the organ world to women in positions of leadership. Few searches are genuine for the most prestigious positions, and highly educated women are often passed over in the application and promotion process, treated unkindly in the workplace, or dismissed.  Woman face their greatest challenges when they succeed, because the culture of the organ world generally promotes and supports male organists.

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