This weeks reading didn’t settle in my mind. By this I mean I’m not sure what key points the author was trying to get across. The only thing that stood out to me was in ‘The Dancing Image’ reading, where Mary Overlie gives a perception of composing our bodies not to be seen, she uses an example that you could dance in a crowd or people for a split second and then return to ‘pedestrian’ movement. I’ve noticed since this reading that I do this a lot. When walking if I hear music or a noise that grabs my attention my body will subconsciously dance, if you could call it that. After that I return to being a pedestrian.
I felt that the activity in the session was all about creating an image and how you can bring that image into a constant flow of movement. Whilst observing other people move I noticed how two people could be on opposite sides of the room
but without knowing it they could create an image that was pleasing to my eye, or how starting off as two separate duets would look completely different to 4 people copying each other.
When I performed I felt slightly under pressure that I had to create an image
that other people would be interested in, this took my mind to my thoughts on the reading that I didn’t want my body to be seen by the audience, I want to
be the pedestrian again.
Bibliography
- Buckwalter. M (2010) Composing while dancing: An Improviser’s Companion. Madison, Wis: The University of Wisconsin Press. Pages 90-105