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...even these rules are not static. Bloom mirrored Dubble’s movements by raising and lowering her leg in a piece where she was to remain stationary, prompting Dubble to exclaim, “Jane broke the rules! As any good improviser would...
...Bloom and Dubble also performed a piece that was inspired, in part, by the art of Jackson Pollock. While Bloom had composed this piece, she explained that she still improvised at certain moments...
...response to an audience question as to whether Bloom ever had to follow Dubble, rather than the dancer reacting to the music, the two women demonstrated with an example where Dubble initiated the improvisation. Their bodies were in actual physical contact for most of the piece. Within the tangle of limbs, Dubble would reach out and touch the barrel of Bloom’s saxophone, blocking the sound from coming...
...Bloom said that she received musical inspiration everywhere, but is most strongly inspired by the dance world. She mentioned that, early on, people had commented that they noticed her moving while she played. Laughing as she recounted this anecdote, she said that she was initially unconscious of her movement, but that she always had an affinity for dance and was a “closet dancer...
About two jazz artists are invited each year by Harvard’s Learning from Performers series. Bloom, Harvard’s 2004-05 Kayden Visiting Artist, will be returning to Cambridge on Dec. 11, to perform with the Harvard Jazz Bands in a concert honoring Steve Lacy, the late tenor saxophonist...