Contemporary Dance VIII (Release)

Contemporary VIII is based on Release Technique and information from other techniques such as Limon, Laban, Yoga and Pilates. The course focuses on deepening the knowledge about Release technique, such as gaining speed through letting go of muscular tension and developing movement patterns into more complex combinations with varying speeds and dynamics. The students will intensify the search for connections in the body and connect movement to the breath of the body in order to enlarge the range of dynamic changes. A focus will be on personal approach to movement through improvisation and research as well as on the execution of more complicated movement patterns using the combination of floowork and travelling through vertical positions.

Learning outcomes:

• trust gravity whilst sustaining strong in the center of the body
• let breath travel and expand the movement
• stabilize the basic body positions even in complicated combinations
• let energy travel and connect movement without being imprecise
• release without being weak
• apply coordination and precision in difficult patterns
• develop a personal approach

Technique

Technique

Class with Sarah Watley 27/10/2011

Movement studies with Katye Coe

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  Today in the studio we were looking at possibilities of jumps. There is a great variety of them: from one foot to another, from 2 feet to one foot etc. But we can jump not only in the high level. In low level during jumps, arms can help us as well.
  Another interesting exercise was to play with levels. We know that the most important and usually used are low, middle and high levels. But between them there is a great variety of levels too :)
  As our 2nd term is going to an end, we had conversation about learning outcomes. My individual learning outcomes you can see in pictures.

Thoughts .... :)

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Short dialogue with Nora. Conversation about moving in the studio, duets and solo as well as general development :)

Improvisation

On 14th of March we had an improvisation session with Polly. Every person had to walk in circle ( it does't matter big, medium or small). We had some rules to do that exercise. First of all, everyone had to walk only in his trajectory (to avoid crashes with others). Secondly, we could choose between walking, running, walking backwards or pausing.

Before start, I thought that it is very easy to hit another person, but later I was sure that if you are walking in your trajectory, there is a small chance to do a crash.

We did that exercise few times. After that I realised that I started to move with the aware of others as well as in relationship to others.

Improvisation

On Thursday we had an improvisation session with Polly. In groups of 4-5 people, everyone had to do an individual score. It could be improvised score or not. Score consisted of very simple movements: walking, running, jumping, falling and recovery etc. When everyone finished his score, we shared them with partners in groups. We had to explain what means every line, every sign. A few moments later, everyone had the opportunity to set a choreography using his score. It was a good experience to see how you can create dance with the help of scores. Finally, every person had chosen a small part of their score, we put them together and made another score, which included 5 individual scores. Session was really interesting. We saw all scores, as we shared our works.

Duet

Duet

First rehearsal, first exploration, first idea = beginning!!!!!