**We are less than a month away from the season 9 premiere of my favorite television series, So You Think You Can Dance. This is a good time for a look at the process of choreography and the poetry in motion that is dance…
Words are just the beginning.
A well-turned phrase
A superb metaphor or two
Strung together in rhythm
And sometimes rhyme
And a poem is born.
Poetry is just the beginning.
Lyrics overlay a catchy melody
Inventive harmonies and instrumentation
Composed with coordinating rhythm
Or sometimes syncopation
And a song is born.
A song is just the beginning
Music inspires athletic movement
Turns and lines strung together
Choreographed precisely
Or sometimes improvised
And a dance is born.
