Choreographer Aszure Barton creates dances that contain worlds where light and dark, grace and rawness, and mystery and certitude intermingle. The inventive quirkiness in her dances hovers in worlds fantastical, primal, precocious and ethereal. ICONS spoke with Aszure about her creative vision and rebelliousness that triumphed over the challenges during her career.

Read the Full Interview - ASZURE BARTON 

ICONS INSPIRE is a monthly digital portrait and a one-on-one interview with a groundbreaking choreographer. Get the insider point of view on an important dancemaker creative process, background and training to inspire, provoke and challenge your intellectual repertoire.

• Choreographer Talks – LIVE!
• Choreographic Institute at DL14
• What is ICON SMART ™

Welcome to ICON SMART! We are happy to announce the recent creation of the first ever Choreographic Institute here in Washington, D.C. USA --- a long needed educational platform to foster creativity and develop professional skills specifically for emerging choreographers. Our Info Pack is available to download here.

ICONS NEXT STEP is updated monthly with national and international listings featuring the latest choreographic residencies, creative opportunities, world premieres, events, trends, new books, movies, videos, and choreographic topics. 

• IS MENTORSHIP NEEDED AND WHY?
  Your Answer?...CLICK HERE

Your responses...

• Emily S. - As long as the mentor helps the creative process instead of controlling it.
• Martha H. - In creating and crafting, an outside eye can pose questions or share thoughts that help the Choreographer articulate with greater clarity...with any art, several drafts/edits stand to distill the work. A mentor is a resource to the artist.
• Kristin D. - Mentorship is important as new choreographers are start to develop work. I've found my career suffer because I was never taught to explore what I enjoy or don't about choreography, so I would regularly create dances I hated but didn't know why.

Click here to read more selected answers

Check out our regular postings of cross genre works and enjoy interesting selection of topics

• Join our MAILING LIST and get regular updates in your MailboxCLICK HERE...

• Support Dance ICONS and help our Choregraphers NetworkCLICK HERE...

• Become an ICONS MEMBER and enjoy great benefitsCLICK HERE...

• Advertise with ICONSCLICK HERE...

• Already a member?

Help us build our organization into a sustainable resource and reliable network. Support our programs, educational platforms, lecture demonstrations, and the development of a new dance composition textbook for the next generation of talented choreographers.

Make a Donation   CLICK HERE