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Philomena Bakingspree

Summary

Philomena Bakingspree was an influential dance teacher and choreographer, best known for the development of Relief Dance, a form of performance art which became popular during The Post-Historic Art Movement. In a Relief Dance performance, dancers stretch against all their points of greatest discomfort until they felt relief. Relief Dance influenced and informed the definition for Post-Historic Art beyond the world of dance. […]

Early Life

Bakingspree grew up in Belmington, North Cornmorado. At a very young age, she took a keen interest in dancing; however, the small town could only accommodate one dance class, once a week, taught by Ms. Heldra Corckenmire. […] After Ms. Corckenmire took her afternoon nap, Philomena choreographed and danced in a secret show, once a month, attended by the parents of the dancers. […]

In an interview with Red Parker Quarterly, Philomena said that after one of the shows, she watched her dancers stretch. “They all stood in a line,” Bakingspree stated “without choosing to, each stretching toward the points of present interest in their body, and I found it overwhelmingly beautiful. […] I thought about how stretching looked so much better — both in their bodies and on their faces — than watching performative dance. Each of them had such grace while stretching, and I decided that I wanted to see a whole show of just that.” Philomena, then 17 years old, inadvertently began the dance movement now referred to as the Wave of Relief. […]

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