Comments on: A New Direction for a Valued Colleague http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/ Contemporary Dance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:25:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Hsin http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/comment-page-2/#comment-7264 Hsin Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/#comment-7264 Good day, webmaster. I desire to get work from the grouping. Would like to ask anyone who want to be partner in <a>home tuition</a> enterprise using the <a>home teaching software</a>. I had been a teaching educator for 12 year and very thoughtful in this partnership. Talk to me me at tuitionpartner@hotmail.com. I would like to manipulate in profit sharing way. Good day, webmaster. I desire to get work from the grouping. Would like to ask anyone who want to be partner in home tuition enterprise using the home teaching software. I had been a teaching educator for 12 year and very thoughtful in this partnership. Talk to me me at tuitionpartner@hotmail.com. I would like to manipulate in profit sharing way.

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]]> By: No Displayed Name http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/comment-page-2/#comment-1612 No Displayed Name Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:52:25 +0000 http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/#comment-1612 Ellen's dancers (I am one among many) have settled into the new studio. We are in the basement of an old building run by an 89 year old man. The studios echo, forcing only one person to talk at one time. The studios next to Ellen's have dance instructors who are intent on using their loudest voices possible, making it difficult to hear the music that Ellen is playing. The door dosent close all the way, and the dressing room is minisule with lockers that are only able to contain a pair of shoes. People have gotten things stolen from the locker room already. Going across the floor is difficult, for we have a limited amount of space.Dance theater Workshop was more than a workshop for me. It was a home and a place to meet new friends and a place to express myself, and it all was taken away from me. Ellen has now lost George, her second love aside from DTW. We all treasured the comforts of DTW-it's polished wood floors, the large locker room and kind people. I just wanna go back home. Ellen’s dancers (I am one among many) have settled into the new studio. We are in the basement of an old building run by an 89 year old man. The studios echo, forcing only one person to talk at one time. The studios next to Ellen’s have dance instructors who are intent on using their loudest voices possible, making it difficult to hear the music that Ellen is playing. The door dosent close all the way, and the dressing room is minisule with lockers that are only able to contain a pair of shoes. People have gotten things stolen from the locker room already. Going across the floor is difficult, for we have a limited amount of space.Dance theater Workshop was more than a workshop for me. It was a home and a place to meet new friends and a place to express myself, and it all was taken away from me. Ellen has now lost George, her second love aside from DTW. We all treasured the comforts of DTW-it’s polished wood floors, the large locker room and kind people. I just wanna go back home.

]]> By: Hannah http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/comment-page-2/#comment-550 Hannah Fri, 30 May 2008 06:02:34 +0000 http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/#comment-550 Shortly before he died, I had a conversation with my good friend Art Bauman. He said how lucky they were to have Ellen Robbins teaching children at Dance Theater Workshop... Shortly before he died, I had a conversation with my good friend Art Bauman. He said how lucky they were to have Ellen Robbins teaching children at Dance Theater Workshop…

]]> By: Mana Allen http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/comment-page-2/#comment-517 Mana Allen Mon, 19 May 2008 01:23:10 +0000 http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/#comment-517 Bravo to Ellen Robbins and her students and her assistants Krista Jansen and Brynn Rosen for the amazing work this weekend! 84 solos and 9 group dances. At every performance Ellen graciously and with heartfelt sincerity thanked her DTW supporters over the years. Ellen Robbins is truly a class act and a great arts educator. As a Mom of a young dancer, we will truly miss coming to DTW every week. See you next Spring! Bravo to Ellen Robbins and her students and her assistants Krista Jansen and Brynn Rosen for the amazing work this weekend!
84 solos and 9 group dances. At every performance Ellen graciously and with heartfelt sincerity thanked her DTW supporters over the years. Ellen Robbins is truly a class act and a great arts educator. As a Mom of a young dancer, we will truly miss coming to DTW every week. See you next Spring!

]]> By: Jessica Love http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/comment-page-2/#comment-503 Jessica Love Tue, 13 May 2008 18:10:24 +0000 http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/#comment-503 Individual memories of Ellen’s impact on us as kids ARE important! It’s easy and wonderful to get sucked into the nostalgia of my time in the corkboard studio (I haven’t seen the renovation). I danced with Ellen for 13 years and ran my fingers over that dark brown textured surface countless times. I knocked my pigtail holders against the mirror waiting to go across the floor on the diagonal and drove Ellen nuts. I remember the spring days when the mayflies would fall from the ceiling, and the soft smell of a fresh layer of linseed oil applied to that beloved floor. In that studio my friends and I created new versions of ourselves that had no other outlet for expression. When we were ready (and sometimes when we were not, which provided lessons of their own) we stepped into that black, sanctified space one room over and had one shot to perform our selves. The instant of quiet hum of lekos and fresnels just before the stage became bright filled me with the breath of my life, and I would perform. Behind it all was Ellen, who tolerated more crap from me than any human being ever deserved, and gave me more than I appreciated at the time. One thing that struck me only years later is that I have no idea how Ellen dances. Her style, her identity as a dancer, was never ever a part of our experience. She was never interested in having us copy her, which I can not say for any other dance teacher I have ever worked with. She wanted us to be ourselves, and nothing more, nothing less. Even though I no longer dance, that lesson, that who I am is valuable in its uniqueness, gave me power in a world that seeks to put me in a box. It doesn’t matter what the medium is in which this lesson occurs. For me it was dance, for others, it is visual arts, music, science, whatever. What sets Ellen apart is her ability to give this gift of confident individuality to her students. Fortunately, DTW’s decision will never take those memories away from me. I can only wonder if Ellen’s future classes, if they happen in a space outside of DTW, will be as welcome, as nurtured, and as free as they have been at DTW. Jessica (Poletti) Love jessicalovedvm@yahoo.com PS. Who in the world is this Peter Richards??? He doesn’t seem well-informed. Individual memories of Ellen’s impact on us as kids ARE important! It’s easy and wonderful to get sucked into the nostalgia of my time in the corkboard studio (I haven’t seen the renovation). I danced with Ellen for 13 years and ran my fingers over that dark brown textured surface countless times. I knocked my pigtail holders against the mirror waiting to go across the floor on the diagonal and drove Ellen nuts. I remember the spring days when the mayflies would fall from the ceiling, and the soft smell of a fresh layer of linseed oil applied to that beloved floor.

In that studio my friends and I created new versions of ourselves that had no other outlet for expression. When we were ready (and sometimes when we were not, which provided lessons of their own) we stepped into that black, sanctified space one room over and had one shot to perform our selves. The instant of quiet hum of lekos and fresnels just before the stage became bright filled me with the breath of my life, and I would perform.

Behind it all was Ellen, who tolerated more crap from me than any human being ever deserved, and gave me more than I appreciated at the time. One thing that struck me only years later is that I have no idea how Ellen dances. Her style, her identity as a dancer, was never ever a part of our experience. She was never interested in having us copy her, which I can not say for any other dance teacher I have ever worked with. She wanted us to be ourselves, and nothing more, nothing less.

Even though I no longer dance, that lesson, that who I am is valuable in its uniqueness, gave me power in a world that seeks to put me in a box. It doesn’t matter what the medium is in which this lesson occurs. For me it was dance, for others, it is visual arts, music, science, whatever. What sets Ellen apart is her ability to give this gift of confident individuality to her students.

Fortunately, DTW’s decision will never take those memories away from me. I can only wonder if Ellen’s future classes, if they happen in a space outside of DTW, will be as welcome, as nurtured, and as free as they have been at DTW.

Jessica (Poletti) Love
jessicalovedvm@yahoo.com

PS. Who in the world is this Peter Richards??? He doesn’t seem well-informed.

]]> By: A former DTW supporter http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/comment-page-2/#comment-502 A former DTW supporter Tue, 13 May 2008 03:35:53 +0000 http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/#comment-502 I dearly hope that Stephen Greco, Carla Peterson and the DTW board will come to the showings of Ellen Robbins’ students: “Dances By Very Young Choreographers” this coming weekend, May 16th-18th. You should know and be proud of the special work and community you have supported through Ellen’s dedication for over 30 years. It is also important that you all know the community of young artists, their families and especially the amazing arts educator you have chosen not to support with studio space any more. Bravo to your past and present, much, much sadness for your future. I dearly hope that Stephen Greco, Carla Peterson and the DTW board will come to the showings of Ellen Robbins’ students: “Dances By Very Young Choreographers” this coming weekend, May 16th-18th. You should know and be proud of the special work and community you have supported through Ellen’s dedication for over 30 years. It is also important that you all know the community of young artists, their families and especially the amazing arts educator you have chosen not to support with studio space any more. Bravo to your past and present, much, much sadness for your future.

]]> By: Margaret Eberbach http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/comment-page-2/#comment-501 Margaret Eberbach Tue, 13 May 2008 01:58:02 +0000 http://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/blog/2008/03/13/a-new-direction-for-a-valued-colleague/#comment-501 Maris Abelson, Pele Bausch, Jessica Love - these are kids Ellen inspired as dancers and more importantly as growing, learning, thinking human beings. Ellen was an important building block in their lives. As the mother of one of them, I would welcome the chance to help restore Ellen to DTW, and DTW to our hearts. margareteberbach@yahoo.com Maris Abelson, Pele Bausch, Jessica Love - these are kids Ellen inspired as dancers and more importantly as growing, learning, thinking human beings. Ellen was an important building block in their lives. As the mother of one of them, I would welcome the chance to help restore Ellen to DTW, and DTW to our hearts.
margareteberbach@yahoo.com

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