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The Art of Improvisation with Margaret Beals

For today\\u2019s guest, dancing without inhibitions is what has fed her soul for more than 8 decades.\\xa0 Joining us on Movers & Shapers: A Dance Podcast is the incredible dance improvisation innovator Margaret Beals to tell us all about her years of dancing and her new documentary, Dancing Without Steps. Tuning in, you\\u2019ll hear all about our guest\\u2019s privileged upbringing, her longing to be free, dancing in her home and the streets of New York City, and why she always stood out as a dancer. She walks us through her early adulthood, dance classes, club and cabaret days, and teaching before explaining how she dealt with being so different. With an amazing ability to perform improvised solo concerts that combined dance, text, music, and humor, she tells us how she realized she was so unlike others in her generation. Finally, Margaret shares her experience of creating her film with us. So to hear all about improvisation and to be inspired to embrace your authentic self, tune in now!

Key Points From This Episode:

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Margaret tells us about her upbringing and how she started dancing.

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she knew her lifestyle was different and why she wanted to be free.\\xa0

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her experience of dancing in her front hall, moving to New York, and dancing in the streets.\\xa0

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She tells us her opinion of the definition of \\u2018talent\\u2019 and why she always stood out.\\xa0

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What Margaret wanted to do when she was in her 20s and her time doing cabarets and clubs.

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Margaret tells us about how she got started with teaching.\\xa0

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She shares the secret to moving and talking at the same time.

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she navigated the challenge of feeling like she doesn\\u2019t belong.\\xa0

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Getting the rights to Sylvia Plath\\u2019s works and performing poetry in an original play.\\xa0\\xa0

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How Margaret shares her methodologies with dancers.

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Margaret shares what she is working on in her field now.\\xa0

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How her movie, Dancing Without Steps, became a reality.

\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The importance of accepting your unapologetically unique self.\\xa0

\\u201cI don\\u2019t think I danced to please. I danced the way I danced and hoped everybody would see it.\\u201d \\u2014 Margaret Beals

During\\xa0her 50 year career, Margaret Beals\\xa0pioneered the use of improvisation in dance performance, often using her speaking voice.\\xa0\\xa0In\\xa0her new film,\\xa0Dancing Without Steps:\\xa0The Art of Improvisation with Margaret Beals,\\xa0audiences are offered glimpses of Ms. Beals\\u2019 work along with insights into her philosophies on improvisation across artistic genres.\\xa0

Learn more about Margaret Beals\\xa0HERE and the film Dancing Without Steps

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