A freedom in creativity was given to those that teach and perform ATS, specifically the FatChance format, but it drew lots of comments, emotions, and down right ridicule from many people (personally that isn't good). However, natural responses to something they didn't know was coming and ended up not understanding initially. Doesn't make it right...it just is.
For me, the response ended up being deeper felt emotion based on the time it came out than it might have been any other time. The combination of dealing with the last minute details of my Father's death and service were coming to a head when this hit.
It was more than I could possibly comprehend and deal with when I didn't understand what was going on. Of course, I am not unintelligent by any stretch of the imagination, but timing caused it to be more than I could digest quickly and move forward. So my emotions took over for a short period...which I had to allow myself to feel, even if it was based on confusion from my Father's stuff and the dance stuff combined.
Once I allowed myself to just feel whatever in the moment, it started to level itself out. I saw and understood the intent completely and welcomed it with open arms, but I have to say with some of the situations that are in my backyard - I will just have to wait and see what is going on with this new found freedom and how it is going to be interpreted and handled. I am looking and hoping for the best...
For me...
I am going to keep going the course with the dance I love and allow whatever innovative stuff that comes from it to come. Keeping true to the format, the aesthetic, and the intent that FatChance created to begin with...period.
I love this dance, I love the people that created it, and I love what it created as a whole.
There are always "bad apples" in the bunch, but hey...let them sort themselves out and let them make applesauce, while the rest pursues to be the apple pie or the apple crisp.
We are all apples in the bunch, we just get to be made up differently based on our intentions and personal desires which is a whole other recipe for expansion in our dance. :)
