GABRIELLA WILTZ

No Sugar Coats

March 21, 2018 by gabriellawiltz

It’s been almost five months since I’ve had the courage to sit here and write. My last update was supposedly an epiphany that was going to rock my world and change the game. Let me be frank: it changed nothing. After publishing my last post, I went on to work on my first big project. In January, I premiered a dance film entirely co-created by myself and Talia Koylass entitled WHITE NOISE. In three months we choreographed, rehearsed, shot, directed, […]

Categories: Personal Thoughts, Post-Grad • Tags: artist, belief, career, dance, faith, fear, film, Gabriella, honesty, personal

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An Authentic Thought Process

October 24, 2017 by gabriellawiltz

I’ve hit a wall. Honestly, I’ve been hitting this exact same wall over and over again for months now. Don’t get me wrong—what started as unexpectedly running into this wall has turned into judo-chopping, karate-kicking, and occasionally running full-speed at it—but it’s the same stone wall every single time. It doesn’t matter how many different ways I try to move it, it doesn’t budge. I am in an intensely uncomfortable season of learning and unlearning. If you haven’t reached this […]

Categories: Personal Thoughts, Post-Grad • Tags: featured

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As the Dust Settles

August 3, 2017 by gabriellawiltz

Hectic. Transitioning is hectic. It isn’t just the fact that I uprooted from my home away from home in Columbus and shuffled back into the hustle and bustle of life with my parents. It’s not simply because I miss my life-long dance partners from my graduating class more than life itself. The weight doesn’t fall on the sheer fact that there is no roadmap for starting my dance career, or the fact that I feel like I’ve been thrown into […]

Categories: Personal Thoughts • Tags: future, life, personal, transition

To: Class of 2017

May 26, 2017 by gabriellawiltz

A mere nineteen days ago thousands of Buckeyes donned their graduation gowns and their fanciest caps to grab their degrees. To be honest, when I sat down I thought it’d been at least a month. Post-grad is weird. Personally, I’m not having the easiest time processing this transition just yet. I’m still in my “Netflix all day” stages of relaxation with only fleeting ideas of a plan for my future swirling around in my mind. Although I’m choosing not to […]

Categories: OSU, OSUdance, Personal Thoughts • Tags: artists, class of 2017, dance, dancers, graduation, inspiration, OSUdance, personal, thank you

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Honesty Hour: My Senior Project

February 10, 2017 by gabriellawiltz

Let’s get candid about my senior project. Over the course of the past five or so months, I’ve been asked to talk to numerous people about my senior project. Groups of people ranging from auditionees to faculty have heard me talk about the work I aim to create, why I’m creating the work, and how I got to this idea. I’ve written numerous grants, abstracts, and journal entries about this work and why it’s important to me and to the […]

Categories: Choreography, OSUdance • Tags: black girl magic, black joy, choreography, honesty, insecurities, love, reseach, self-care, senior thesis

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7 of 8: the return to 1

January 2, 2017 by gabriellawiltz

Seven out of eight semesters completed — 2016 coming to a close — means time to reflect. I am halfway finished with my final year of undergrad. It was a hurricane, tornado, whirlwind to say the least. It was the same ol’ juggling trick college has always been with looming future in my rearview mirror and a doozy of a senior project to settle into (in addition to working part-time, classes, internships, personal projects and a social life). It was long and […]

Categories: Personal Thoughts • Tags: 2017, black girl magic, Brazil, dance, life, Natural hair, New Year, personal, reality check, reflection, transparency, videography

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Off to the Races: The Final Lap

September 12, 2016 by gabriellawiltz

It’s crazy to think that I’ve already gone to my last first football game, performed in my first show of the school year and started rehearsals for my final Dance Downtown. When everyone got back to campus I actually felt old. I was walking through a sea of 18 year olds with their families and I was just in awe of the simple fact that I was in their shoes three years ago. It’s hard to see it when it’s […]

Categories: OSU, OSUdance, Uncategorized • Tags: art, creation, dance, dance majors, growth, OSU, OSUdance, passion, personal, positivity, senior year

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Statements to Manifestations

June 21, 2016 by gabriellawiltz

Happy full moon + summer solstice everyone! I don’t know a lot about astrology, but I’ve been trying to gain more knowledge because I don’t think it’s possible for there to be planets out there that have absolutely no effect on us on Earth. So, to share the importance of this period of time I am going to include a Twitter thread from Brittany Josephina, @brittanyphina on Twitter and the face behind Brittspiration.com, to further explain this very restorative period of […]

Categories: Personal Thoughts, Projects • Tags: full moon, goals, growth, honesty, inspiration, passion, personal, positivity, reality check, reflection, success, summer solstice

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When Your World is Utterly Changed

June 9, 2016 by gabriellawiltz

Warning: This is a rather lengthy post but it is so, so worth it. It’s been about a two months since we returned to Columbus from Salvador, Bahia. In that time I’ve completed my third year of undergrad and jumpstarted my senior project… my senior project. Already. We stepped foot onto campus at a time that shows no mercy—the end of the semester—and with that said, I hadn’t been able to write about the most momentous experience of my life thus […]

Categories: Brazil, OSU, OSUdance, Personal Thoughts • Tags: Brazil, dance, growth, life changing, new experiences, OSU, OSU dance, outreach, repertory company

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