new dance collective - Adelaide

Jon: "The dance collective post suggests they are touching down in Feb 2008, to me that means commencing their collective." Just because you have a proposed starting date does not mean much. Many of us in the industry prefer knowing about a project's rough timeline/start date before registering interest. Some people may be interested, but find that the time conflicts with something else - and this feedback can and does work back to the organisers, who may then change their plans accordingly. I think the difference in opinion here is that you (Jon) are viewing this more in reference a business plan constructed without outside input and implemented once it's finished, and the Lotus Dance seem to be considering it more as a collaborative effort, from which the members themselves co-operatively decide the direction of the project. Earlier this year, I asked people on this site of what they thought of a new reviewing system - I was hoping to implement it myself, but would ask people to get involved in the running and management of it. Because it's a voluntary thing, as well as something I've never done before, I asked whether there was any interest in such a thing - as well as interest from potential reviewers. I didn't offer up anything more specific than that, simply because I wanted first to judge what kind of response a new reviewing system would receive; second to judge how many people would actually volunteer their time to the service; and third, to have some people to bounce ideas off of. That's why I believe that Lotus Dance was inviting interest: from my impressions, they seemed to me to be creating more of a collaborative environment. I could be wrong of course... But that's up to them to clear up. Anyway, like I said, I'm not a dancer, not into dance, and I'm probably butting in. And no offense to Lotus Dance, but perhaps this isn't viewed so much as a business adventure, but simply as a way to get people involved in dance. Sticky Apple Legs www.freewebs.com/stickyapplelegs Puppets in Melbourne www.thepromptcopy.com/pip My puppets www.collectzing.com/collection/137/