Working in a New Way!

Reacting to the sounds, smells and sights. Not necessarily in connection with one another, just to get a feel or impression of the site in the body.




Often I see a connection between us as dancers but I don't know if it would be strong enough without the site to simply copy the movement. My question is, what to do with this material? I am swaying towards picking out key moments to create a phrase to play with in the space.


(This is the first time I have improvised in a public space and I feel so inspired by this multi-sensory stimulus! I will definitely be visiting this in the near future)

Interview with the Choreographers!

Is it important for the audience to know the meaning or should it be left up to interpretation?

Everything is Connected, Nothing Stands Alone...

VISION:




Keeps going - never and end, 360º in every direction, one object leads to another

Paper Following...

One person moves on top of the paper whilst the other traces/marks their movement.



Does the paper score left behind make more sense to the drawer than the mover?

This score is now a log or the actual dance on paper ... Could this be a cross over of art forms? ... Will an audience member gain the same experience from viewing the score? ... Possibly team up with an art student to explore this further

Hannah and Charmaine: Moved the audience around the space as they danced ... reminds me of 'Disgo'... I love the idea of "shepherding" the audience and would like to look into this further.

Conversation in Simple Movement...

My partner joined me at one point and I turned away, she said she felt offended. We ended up doing similar movement and this reminds me that when you know someone really well you tend to have too much in common. When you speak you talk about the same things.
I find this a really effective way of building relationships and characters.

Gaps in conversation
Argue/confront
Speak at the same time
Backchannel
Pause
Monologue/length of time

The outcome depends on how both dancers and audience members interpret it. Like listening to a foreign language. Every time you work with a new partner you must translate their language.


Similar to what we worked on in the first term....




I think I may like to look into this movement conversation idea a bit more maybe even as a foundation for my duet.

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.