I don't start a piece knowing exactly what effect it's going to have. There is a seed of an idea that I could never articulate, right at the beginning of the piece, literally like one cell. Siobhan Davies articulatebegincell Change image and share on social
They improve greatly, and sometimes I go and see the performances they do and I am consciously aware that there isn't enough work for the good dancers. Siobhan Davies awareconsciouslydancer Change image and share on social
There's a mass of places, really, where the idea started. Siobhan Davies ideamasplace Change image and share on social
One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline. Siobhan Davies dancerdisciplineextraordinary Change image and share on social
The first 2 weeks, they didn't learn the piece - they went through the process of how the piece was made. Siobhan Davies learnmakepiece Change image and share on social
What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity. Siobhan Davies backcreativityenergy share on social
They should be working, and there isn't enough work. Siobhan Davies work Change image and share on social
Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece. Siobhan Davies applybackenjoyment Change image and share on social
Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage your thinking the more capable I believe you are of expanding how you go about things and learning. Siobhan Davies capableexpandlearn Change image and share on social
