It's almost the start of a brand New Year! Therefore, I've decided to take this opportunity to do a statistical check-up on the success of my blog, which I started less than a year ago this May. Using an awesome tool called
Google Analytics, I was able to find out which of my posts had the highest number of page views. I've taken the liberty of sharing that data, plus a few observations I made below.
Top Blog Posts
Here are my top blog posts for 2012 (by total page views):
People often say, "I can't dance." That's when I tell them they're wrong... I believe that everyone can dance. In fact, everyone can dance beautifully with an open mind and just a little bit of practice.
Tadashi Endo - One-Nine-Four-Seven Artista: Tadashi Endo Espetáculo: One-Nine-Four-Seven Data: 02/04/2011 Local: Teatro Vila Velha Crédito da foto: João Meirelles http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivadancafestival/5586194079/
I grew up in a family of actors in the post-Sondheim era of musical theatre. So while I didn't have a lot of practice, my level of exposure and standards for dance were pretty high. I danced a little when I was young, but not really all that much. In acting school I took a year of jazz, tap, ballet, and modern classes, but they always frustrated me. I could never get the technique just right. Then I discovered butoh, the dance of the everyman, the dance that resists professionalization, the dance that YOU are doing RIGHT NOW if you can only become aware of it.
Here's how in 6 easy steps (adapted from the
Subbody Butoh method):
Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in the Himachal province of India, there is a school of dance. This school is called the Subbody Butoh Institute. Here students are asked to open themselves in some rather strange and unusual ways for the betterment of their dance. One of these ways pertains specifically to "Human Relationships" and may actually be useful to everyone on the planet!
I have found in my personal butoh practice, striving to live openly and sensitively to the beauty and pain of the world around me, that many amazing opportunities have presented themselves precisely because of my intentional work on this particular gateway.
If you've followed my blog for any amount of time, you know that I am a huge fan of "ensemble theatre." I ascribe the majority of my success as a producer and theatre artist to the relationships I have with others better and braver than myself. Therefore, I know firsthand how human relationships can change who we are and how we make art.
However, having a free and open "
Human Relationship Channel" can create amazing opportunities for everyone! Here are three:
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