Monday 6 December 2010

Choreography Lesson

Take a word or phrase and break it down into phonemes and say it out loud. Improvise to see how your body responds to the sounds...

Words break down into sounds, we can use these sounds as music. Listen to the shape and rhythm of the "music" to guide the dance. Voice is part of the body and movement, therefore we cannot hide a part of ourselves when freeing our expression. This really interests me and I find I am able to focus and gain a lot from this exercise.


Play with 'volume' of movement, from 1 (silent) to 10 (over exaggerated).


This can give you a dynamic or pace to work at and if you use the same motif it can look completely different from one volume to another.

Choreographic Solo Sketch

*** Begin with a stimulus of your choice. Allow your reflections on 'self-as-subject' and the investigations into body parts, actions, quality, time and space to inform the making progress. ***