sharing
Today we had a group of students in to witness the work and to have an opportunity to get some feetback from some of the work. We showed three different sections of the piece and they gave some initial responces to what they had just seen. They where very positive and impressed by the physicality and structure of the work. We will get them back in later in the process. It is great to have people in at different stages of the work, not just to hear their responces but also to get to perform the work very early on in the process. It gives a very different vibe when people are watching and it makes you perform instead of just rehearse.
We also worked in a new way today. I asked the dancers to discuss what would happen if they meet someone for the first time, how they would react, interact, behave, ... They came up with lists of words. Then they wrote a short scenario, journey, a list of events which they later on used to create a duet/situation. The material that came out of this was very different and had an interesting quality, a more pedestrian feel. It gave their bodies the chance to look at posture and intent.
Tomorrow we will continue with this and develop the idea's further.
Filip
