The Art of Dance: How JILL JOHNSON Transforms Movement into Meaning

The Art of Dance: How JILL JOHNSON Transforms Movement into Meaning

Dancer · Choreographer and Ballet Stager · Fmr. Director Harvard Dance

Keeping people interested in dance is exposing folks, no matter how big or small an audience, to the different ways of seeing. How can you place a value on solace, joy, or tenderness and vulnerability?

JILL JOHNSON: Bridging Art & Emotion in Dance - Choreographer & Ballet Stager - Fmr. Dance Director, Harvard

JILL JOHNSON: Bridging Art & Emotion in Dance - Choreographer & Ballet Stager - Fmr. Dance Director, Harvard

Dancer · Choreographer and Ballet Stager · Fmr. Director Harvard Dance

Keeping people interested in dance is exposing folks, no matter how big or small an audience, to the different ways of seeing. How can you place a value on solace, joy, or tenderness and vulnerability?

Tony Award Winner PAULO SZOT: From South Pacific to Chicago - Highlights

Tony Award Winner PAULO SZOT: From South Pacific to Chicago - Highlights

Tony Award-Winning Singer, Actor and Star of Chicago, the longest-running American Musical in Broadway History

All the themes are very contemporary. I think what moves this story is the search for instantaneous celebrity. That’s what the girls are all about, Roxie and Velma. They want to be famous. Of course everything that you cited, corruption, crimes, the press focusing on sensational stories–it’s all there. And I think that’s why the public relates so much to it.

PAULO SZOT - Tony Award-Winning Singer, Actor & Star of Chicago, longest-running Musical

PAULO SZOT - Tony Award-Winning Singer, Actor & Star of Chicago, longest-running Musical

Tony Award-Winning Singer, Actor and Star of Chicago, the longest-running American Musical in Broadway History

All the themes are very contemporary. I think what moves this story is the search for instantaneous celebrity. That’s what the girls are all about, Roxie and Velma. They want to be famous. Of course everything that you cited, corruption, crimes, the press focusing on sensational stories–it’s all there. And I think that’s why the public relates so much to it.