He who made this grand opera of minimal nuttiness mixed with finesse, “Ballet Passing” (above), the choreographer/visual artist/film man Charles Moulton, staged his master work on a grand scale in 2017. But it was just a passing phase! Because by March 2025, the former Merce Cunningham Dance Company dancer and choreographer of mind/body whimsical works, was noticing a throbbing in the cabeza.
“I’d been having a lot of jaw pain,” explained Moulton, who resides in Oakland, CA. “So I went to the dentist.”
And what did he learn? “Turns out that the problem is quite complicated so she gave me this helpful diagram…”
Moulton, a renaissance man, added:
I began making visual work when I stopped dancing 25 years ago. It’s been a mostly private practice. I’ve done a few shows, sold a few works and shown stuff on FB. But it’s really been ‘soul work’ for me. I make drawings and photos …….(plus I write an essay or two) To make choreography became something that required a ton of planning, management and fundraising… I can make a drawing or photo without planning or even thinking. They just happen!
Charlie, since your dental visit, there’s been a pain in MY head, brain, neck, HEART, backside, sacroiliac. Send me your dentist’s number please.
Dance critic Debra Levine is founder/editor/publisher of arts●meme. Debra celebrated forty years of published dance criticism in 2024.