« Back to All Artists Artists Photo:  Susan Rethorst  New York,
New York  Born 1951, Washington, D.C.  In the last few years I
have come across the following words that I find useful in
attempting to articulate what I do -  quiddity - the essence of
a person or thing; what makes a thing what it is...what makes a
movement what it is  qualia - the ineffable in experience, that
for which there is no substitution, for which description will
always fall short, that which can only be known through
experience, (i.e. the smell of thyme, that twirly arm thingey
movement done by that person in that place at that moment in the
dance)  inwit - from old english; in from interior, wit from
knowledge  I believe dance acts on us. I am interested in
working with how and why it acts on us; its effect/affect.  The
ways I work are immediate and intuitive, collaborating with
circumstances, trusting my ideas and self to manifest through
the choices I make.  I ask myself in the studio what is this
movement doing? How is it acting o