No significant work of art can be made without the creator conviction he is making something that can and will fundamentally change people's way of understanding and experiencing life and the world around them. It goes without saying that it doesn’t really matter if it’s the case or not eventualy. Art that is not made with this sincere belief is either cynical or simply bad, and it bares no long term importance.
Re-staging
Re-staging an existing piece with a new group of dancers, must feel like a new creation process, rather than a reconstruction of an existing thing. There is an inherent logic to the construction process, which is at the core of what the work is all about. It’s like an envelope around the dancers. The fact a re-staging is treated as a separate and independent process, allows the dancers to find their place within it, and not just react to something somebody else did. It makes the new version, an original.
Choreography/mechanism
Choreography has to do with the creation of mechanisms that set off and detrmine the overall action (the more these mechanisms are open to "live" aspects, the more the onstage action gains credibility). These mechanisms have to be partly exposed and seen by the audience. By being aware of the need to make those mechanisms visable, the dancers gain a wider spectrum of awareness regarding their actions. They are letting the audience see the ‘choreographic engine' (or parts of it), thus giving them an additional channel of communication with their audience.
