This weeks readings were all about awareness, attention and intention. They talked about awareness of what is going on in your surroundings, for example the people around you, what’s in the space your in, your attention and where your placing it, so you may be aware that someone is dancing in a circle around you but your attention is on the dancer in the far left corner. Finally about your intention, what do you intend to do about the girl in the corner, do you want to copy her movements or come up with contrasting movements?
My favourite task of this week was done in partners, two sets of partners had to get up in front of the class and dance together with our eyes closed. The task was to be aware of when your partner stopped moving and to stop with them. My partner was my best friend of 7 years and dance partner of 5. The audience commented on how we were so in sync it was ‘weird’. This was probably because we know each other so well in normal life as well as dancing.
Some of the other task included;
– Straight line group of 5 people, 2 people stood straight while others bent their knees.
– 3 people walk, run, jump forward, 2 people back
– Dancing in the space in groups of 3, 2 or 1
This week was m2y favourite of the weeks I felt that I learnt more about being aware of what others were doing around me and that if you know the group of people you’re working with well, it’s easier to get a sense of each others movements.
Bibliography
- Buckwalter. M (2010) Composing while dancing: An Improviser’s Companion. Madison, Wis: The University of Wisconsin Press. Pages 34-59
- De Spain. K (2014) Landscape of the Now, Attention. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages 167-172
- De Spain. K (2014) Landscape of the Now, Intentionally. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages 68-72