Students Collaborating, Just Like the Pros

Last night, Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Teen Council and The School of Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s Composition class met for the first time to begin work on a collaborative project.

Lighthouse and BNC have been working together since 2007 and have created two world premiere productions that bring the written word together with dance. Now, we are delighted to be getting the students in on the action.

Over the coming months these young writers and dancers will be exploring the nature of collaborative creation and work to create short works that will be presented in a performance this spring.

After introductions, Lighthouse’s Michael J. Henry and I shared a little about our personal experiences working together and then the students got down to business. Led by Lighthouse’s Megan Nix and BNC’s Julia Wilkinson Manley and Jayne Persch, the students settled on “Awakenings” as the theme of their project. The students were then teamed up in groups of two and three to begin getting to know each other and exploring ideas.

What a pleasure it was to see all of these talented students in deep, thoughtful discussions as they begin this new journey together. I can’t wait to see what happens.