Artist Development

With, By and For Artists

If you are interested in mentoring or coaching, please email tuckshopdancetheatre@gmail.com to start a conversation.

 “There is much that is needed to be said, to make people stop, look and listen, to confront social injustice issues. Art can often say what words cannot. We want to bring powerful artwork to the general public that reflects on these issues and encourages change.” ​Karen Gutfreund

 
Trust Your Journey Poem
 
It is okay to take your time
 
it is okay to move slower than everyone else around you
it is okay to not follow the crowd
it is okay to not know what you're doing and say you don't know what you're doing
it is okay to trust your journey even when you can't see where you're walking but there is faith and your belief in something you are trying to create
it is okay to not know what you're doing and listen to your tribe,
 
listen to the people that you have around you,
hear what they say,
take the feedback digest it,
keep the things that resonate with you
keep the things that are important to you
 
and throw the rest away
 
it is okay to work organically and then build your structure, build your framework
it is okay to test ideas, to try things out,
to create an exercise and then go that's wrong pull it apart and start again
 
it is okay to not be perfect
 
actually don't be perfect
 
perfection is a myth
authenticity is what you're looking for
being your true original self is what you're looking for
trust in your ideas
 
trust in your vision
 
especially when no one around you can see YOUR VISION is okay

trust in YOU.

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www.communitydance.org.uk/DB/animated-library/the-practice-behind-the-practice?ed=44830