Hey guys!
So hopefully you’ve read the introduction blog previous to
this so you understand what I’m going on about J
Ok so yester we were in the Forefront dance studio at UCS, I
chose this space initially as it is familiar to the dancers and I felt it a
good place to start.
First task:
I asked the participants to create a phrase of movement
using the space they are in or another person as a stimulus. (I realise this is a very broad task for me
to ask the participants to do but that was the point). I’ve also told the participants that even
though the space we are in is architectural; they also needed to understand that
their body can be seen as a piece of architecture too.
Whilst they did this I wanted them to think of why they
chose what they did and was there meaning in it- For example did it resemble a
movement type or style.
This was to be explored as far away from each other as
possible so I placed them in spots around the space.
Second task:
I wanted to use part Laban theory of the three spatial scales
centrally,
peripherally and transversally to get the participants to create movement, but
in order to make it easier to understand I went for the dimensional planes
using single spatial pulls with two polar ends.
They are vertical, horizontal and sagittal. I asked the participants to then this time
create movement using the above, but to try and do it in close proximity. They were allowed to move off the spot but
only using the dimensional planes and there couldn’t be a great distance
between them.
I asked them to explore with different body parts not just the
obvious hands and feet.
Third task:
Throughout tasks one and two participants shared material that was
created with one another. In the second
task I asked them to notice moments of connections in the material they were
doing, as they were in such close proximity they actually weren’t paying
attention to one another and any reactions that happened were natural ones I wanted
them to find them and play on them.
This is taken from when the participants were learning each others phrases
This is taken from when the participants were learning each others phrases
This is taken from when the participants were learning each others phrases
This is taken from when the participants were learning each others phrases
Observations
During the sharing and learning of each other’s movement I noticed
that when participant A was about to teach their phrase to the others they went
back to the spot that it was created it in, they then re-thought what they were
doing and decided that they didn’t have to go back to that space- This shows
here that they had associated what they had created with a certain spot in the
space and it was a natural reaction to return to that place
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