Dance, Education, Choreography, and Cooking
Conversations for stories of practice on movement, mindfulness, the creative process, and social justice happen around creating meals. As I slice, chop, and prepare a meal, thoughts for the next podcast and blog sometimes come while spicing and marinating dishes. As an educator and choreographer, the creative process for me begins to stir in the kitchen. Welcome to the podcast "What Stirs" I am your host, Dr. Desiree Cremer, the Cooking Choreographer.
he arts nourish our souls and help us to make sense of the world. When small children hop, skip, and prance around on the beach. They draw circles in the sand, building sandcastles—this is children-making art and exploring. During this pandemic, we need the music, dance, and visual arts in our schools so that our students can explore and cope.
I miss the meditation and body conditioning that comes in the beginning or sometimes at the end of class. I say to my students, take slow breaths in and out, relax and sink into the floor, connect your mind and body as the class begins the floor warm-up that progresses to series of movement exercises that will increase their range of motion. I miss their exhausted groans and sighs after a series of abdominal exercises, especially the laughter of accomplishment.
Cooking Choreographer 