Nicosia University

Some lost material was found :) however, it is never too late to share these amazing experience with You guys! :) Enjoy! Performance was in Limassol, Cyprus 2013

http://youtu.be/bJ-c_ULOHqs

Research and Performance Practise

The intention of my Final Major Project is to investigate one of the most important human’s perceptions - touch. My attention will be especially drawn towards human’s touch, body to body touch. Live piece will be performed in mostly improvised duet where two human bodies will play around with the idea of touching and being touched which may lead into some set material, gained from the working process and memories of it. The intention of this experiment is to be as opened as it is possible for anything that might happen. I believe it will be an ongoing process in order to explore all the possible effects that touch may bring. I will explore different ways of touch on my own body and other body next to me as well as different responses that might occur during the process. Responses can be very different and quite unexpected for that particular moment but my personal motto during creative process will be NOT TO NEGATE and see where it may lead me and my partner. Dialogue between two live bodies will be ready for manipulation, rejection and playfulness…

Research and Performance practise module will be my starting and the most important step towards the creation of my own choreography piece. Where am I at the moment? Good question to investigate right now. 23/10/2013 we had a presentation which gave me an answer to this question. I think, I am somewhere on the right way :) Basically now, my research will be focused on studio practise. 

http://youtu.be/pTdjkWwCDOw

 http://youtu.be/JKOzIT1eZMY

 

Body Systems

Exploration through the direct experience of our own body systems, tissues and cells...

http://www.nsdpoker.com/2011/02/human_body/ 

Reflection on moving with the idea of cells:

• feeling grounded
• quite heavy whilst at the same time quite light
• relation towards sponge 'a lot of cells create a spongy surface'
• cells create my body - MOVING BODY!

Quote from Lewis Thomas's `The Lives of a Cell' (Viking Press, 1974) – “I have been trying to think of the earth as a kind of organism, but it is a no go. I cannot think of it this way. It is too big, too complex, with too many working parts lacking visible connections. The other night, driving through a hilly, wooded part of southern New England, I wondered about this. If not like an organism, what is it like, what is it most like? Then, satisfactorily for that moment, it came to me: it is most like a single cell.” Yes, the cell is truly amazing – amazing in its complexity, yet fundamental to all forms of life including the human organism.

 http://www.biology.buffalo.edu/courses/bio531/lecture7.html

Experiential anatomy

What is Experiential Anatomy?

Experiential Anatomy is a creative / humanistic approach using movement, touch, drawing, partner work, and creative writing to embody and personalize your learning. One’s experiences become the basis for understanding one’s physical body and movement potential.  

http://susanbauer.com/somatics/experiential-anatomy