disrupting the campus
patrol and ambush exercise, red group (4 people) set two ambushes for the blues (9). teamwork, tactics, patience and lots of moving.
contemporary class
we started with some alexander based body-work in pairs. rosie explained the origins of the technique as she taught/demostrated.
back to the yoga based warmup, the students seem more realaxed/focused today. i think they are learning to deal with the wide range of physical engagement required.
a longer section of core stability work today.
added to the floor-phrase with some of yesterdays traveling movement. i’m wondering if the phrase will make it into the work (in some form).
how much arm/upper body weight bearing do ‘contemporary’ dancers expect to encounter. not all floor-work is floppy and slow, or lead from the legs. i feel that good upper body strength and technique helps to keep your knees safe in floor-work)
devising
attacking sequences, drawing on this mornings exercise to create phrases.
rosie works in a very ordered fashion, lots of planning leads to relaxed (but focused) exploration. each day has generated something, but without a ‘mad making’ attitude. the students can learn more than ‘the work’ from her.
a few groups responded to a task with movement ‘narrative’ rather than ‘manipulations’. rosie clarified this was an exploration of (movement) vocabulary … stories would emerge (next week) from the vocabulary.
a more defined return to the task. the students feel unsettled, they usually work on concept/meaning/narrative before movement. the shift is important; they need to be flexible in their choreographic approaches.
how does ‘x’ become ‘nx’ or ‘nx’? rather than metaphors, the clarity of interesting movement is more important. a refined vocabulary helps weave richer narratives.
end of the day: a visualization based narrative exploring the emotional states of being shot.
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