NOT YET

Not Yet is an impressionist vignette capturing the wistful and longing nature of Claude Debussy’s famous Clair de Lune. Not Yet combines elements of narrative film, music video, and lyrical dance to tell the story of a young woman whose life is at a tipping point. She has not yet been able to manifest any of her dreams and must choose between submitting to “the real world” or to continue striving against forces of nature that feel insurmountable.

The young woman has been tossed around by life, represented by her full submersion in the water with waves and ripples thrashing around her.

The special arrangement of Clair de Lune by Austin composer Ben Tibbetts haunts the listener as much as soothes. Hope lingers between the melodic lines and anchors the listener amidst the storm and flurry of arpeggios. The music is in itself a living character within this piece. She must find the music, so that she may find herself.

In the end, she chooses to rise above the surface and dance in a victorious expression of her inherent creativity.