Chicago magazine | November 2017: Megan Rhyme remembers being mesmerized the first time she saw Tanniqua-Kay Buchanan dance. It was at a Hairpin Arts Center showcase in January, and Buchanan was performing her piece A Man Was Lynched Yesterday. “She had a really powerful message,” recalls Rhyme. “Her aesthetic was very theatrical and dramatic.” Rhyme was particularly taken by the way Buchanan translated difficult subject matter into muscular, narrative-driven art.
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I love the way that these two dancers have combined their styles, rather than trying to merge them. Both women have maintained the integrity of her style, but also considering her relationship to the other artist. That is an incredibly difficult things to do, because sometimes people are not willing to compromise their work. However, what makes Megan Rhyme and Taniqua-Kay Buchanan successful as a team is the fact that each woman respects the other’s work. Rather than trying to change the other’s style, they both see how they can compliment the other’s work. I also think it has to do with their attitude going into the project. In the arts often it is hard to find, people with similar attitudes and who work as functioning partners. This is a rare instance of how that happened.
I think creating a dialogue of dance is a really interesting concept. It almost reminds me of trading fours. In jazz, when tow soloists want to have a conversation, they "trade fours", which means that one player plays for four measures, then the other player plays for the next four measures, commenting through their line on what the first player has already said. They repeat this process until they have said all that they want to say. This concept, applied to dance, I think could be really cool. While the dancers will not be improvising their lines, this practiced dialogue still looks like it could be cool. I also agree with Rosie, I think that this dialogue is a really interesting was for both dancers to express themselves without compromising either of their styles. I think it is also interesting to see how each dancer can compliment each other's work
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