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Wynn
Fricke; photo by V. Paul Virtucio |
Wynn
Fricke has been called a “choreographic shaman” who creates “timeless works that comment on the human condition with muscular choreography and primordial power.” [Minneapolis Star Tribune] Her choreography has been produced nationally and internationally and includes commissions from Zenon Dance Company, Minnesota Dance Theatre, James Sewell Ballet, Ballet Arts Minnesota, and Ruth MacKenzie’s acclaimed production
Kalevala, Dream of the Salmon Maiden. For two years she was Resident Choreographer at the Minnesota Dance Theatre where she created several new works, including the full-evening
Close to Silence, created in collaboration with Iranian visual artist Fawzia Reda and composer/countertenor David Echelard.
Wynn has resided in Minneapolis since 1991, danced with Zenon Dance Company for nine years and founded her own company
Borrowed Bones Dance. Also a talented teacher, she has served on the dance faculties of Winona State University, the University of Minnesota and St. Olaf College and currently teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.
Artist
Philosophy
I find
the process of unearthing a dance a painful, energizing and seductive
experience. The intimate communication that happens among choreographers,
dancers, other collaborators, (and ultimately the audience) has
the effect of exposing layers of doubt and feat, as well as penetrating
clarity. Dance making is a great training ground for the mind and
heart. It requires an attunement to different layers of experience
– raw sensation and emotion, conceptual ideas and images,
and the intellectual and integrating component of craft. It cultivates
concentration and heightened sensitivity to what communicates and
what does not. Choreography demands a compelling vision and the
presence, patience and confidence to let it be revealed within its
own terms. I’m inspired to tease out impulses of self-protection
and to aim for art that is truthful and revealing. From this letting
go I have discovered that I can trust the simple receptivity of
the heart. This is the groundwork for great art making. When I feel
burdened by the weight of the creative process, I try to remember
that there is a path here, a wholesome vehicle for transformation
and connection, that I have traveled and learned to trust over these
twenty years of demanding and beautiful work.
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