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Wynn
Fricke; photo by V. Paul Virtucio |
Wynn
Fricke after serving on the dance faculty of Winona State
University for three years, has returned to the Twin Cities as Minnesota
Dance Theatre’s new Choreographer-in-Residence. Wynn has also
served as Artistic Director for Borrowed Bones Dance Theatre, the
company she established in 1997. Wynn moved to Minneapolis in 1991
and danced for Zenon Dance Company for nine years. Her choreography
has been produced nationally and internationally, and includes commissions
by Zenon Dance Company, Minnesota Dance Theatre, James Sewell Ballet,
Ballet Arts Minnesota and Ruth MacKenzie for Kalevala, Dream of the
Salmon Maiden. 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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