Dancer's Survival Handbook

Lauren Hlubny is a bi-contintental director/choreographer whose work is a fascinating blend of dance, theater, and site-specific work. Lauren bounces back and forth between New York, Seattle, and Paris, and other major cities creating performance pieces for museums and theaters, including the Birmingham Museum of Art. Lauren enjoys "growing" dancers with strict backgrounds into fuller performers. Her current project, Sans, is her first nude piece. It is the same cast as a previous piece she produced called This is Not a Table for Three, which was a conversation between a dancer, and actor, and a cellist. We share our stories about long-distance collaborating. Lauren talks about the pros and cons of using Skype to communicate with your collaborators, and how the dance community is embracing technology. One of the many barriers to self-producing performances is finding affordable rehearsal space. How does Lauren handle that? One way is procuring free or discounted space. She has also rehearsed in some