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Today we continued working on the solos, this clip includes Anna's and Hsiao-Ting's progress.

I am giving the dancers a lot of room to create from their own inspiration, hopefully so that they'll end up with personal solos that they enjoy dancing. At this stage, the solos are still pretty young, so I'm keeping my comments broad and constructive.

I asked Anna to rehearse her solo, which has a lovely free-flinging energy, with an eye to upping the frenzy or calming it down. We'll see next time which direction she decides to go.

Hsiao-Ting shifted her intense footwork upright (see last week's videos) and really captivated me with this searching yet calming "journey." It's clear she's exploring and to watch is a meditation. This week, she added some jumps to add some variation in height and dynamics. I think we both agree this needs some more investigation - why is she freeing herself so abruptly? Is it really freeing to hurl herself through the air to the ground or is the control of her carefully padding feet, never fully on the floor, more liberating?