Is this what dancers do?

I've also been contemplating the question that someone asked after my piece on Tuesday:

"Is this what dancers do?"

Rather than attempting to answer the question, which I could never do completely, I wanted to share links to a few videos by my favorite choreographers:

Low, by Donna Uchizono
This tango-inspired piece was created while the company was in residency in Argentina. I saw it performed in Minneapolis and spoke with one of the dancers afterwards who had not been part of the original production. She said it had taken her two weeks to learn just a few minutes of the choreography because it was so intricate. This same laser-focus on small details was also part of Uchizono's recent piece In Thin Air which was presented at ODC Dance Center in SF this past Winter.

Wet Woman, by Mats Ek
This piece is performed by Sylvie Guillem, who is a superstar dancer with the Royal Ballet of London. Mats Ek's work could be described as classical ballet, slightly skewed.

I'll add more...