- Now I have the building blocks on how to embody my movement how can I let my movement become embodied?
- I have some understanding now of my solar plexus but how I can I extend this knowledge to the rest of my body?
- How do I let my body initiate the movement and for my mind to follow and trust?
- How can I lengthen out my appendage skeleton more in order to aid new and interesting movement my body doesn’t usually do?
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Questions for my Second year
Going into my second year I have some questions about my dance practice.
What are your questions?
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Yoga, first lesson back
Also today we had our first Yoga lesson back from our summer break. i certainly feel like i have worked out now.
I didnt realise how much my body was out of shape and although i have excercised i have not done much yoga so therefore it was a shock to the system when it came to each sequence in the session.
im glad to be back doing yoga and looking forward to Pilates tomorrow morning.
I intend for this term to work on my stamina during yoga lessons as i tend to tire half way through because it is intense and my body isnt used to supporting the rest of my body i.e lifting myself off the floor. plus i intend to work more on my balance which yoga will help me so i must not give up during balances.
Overall my body aches!
I didnt realise how much my body was out of shape and although i have excercised i have not done much yoga so therefore it was a shock to the system when it came to each sequence in the session.
im glad to be back doing yoga and looking forward to Pilates tomorrow morning.
I intend for this term to work on my stamina during yoga lessons as i tend to tire half way through because it is intense and my body isnt used to supporting the rest of my body i.e lifting myself off the floor. plus i intend to work more on my balance which yoga will help me so i must not give up during balances.
Overall my body aches!
Lauren Moore- Extract from "Body Stories"
Today was our second day back into our second year and were able to watch Lauren Moore's new masters piece. it was great watching Lauren as she was like me a few years ago because she studied at Cov Uni too.
Her piece was great to watch because i could connect on an emotional level as i felt her vunerability and anger. After her piece she explained what it was about and here are my notes:
The whole piece was based on investigating cultural memory and the embodied process ultimately finding who we are. the process took a heavy influence on structured improvisation and is actually part of a duet. the other dancer would actually make Lauren do things such as "through her" around. Lauren and her partner combined their own body stories in order to make this piece. their body stories take on childhood memories and feelings that they felt. they wanted to relive these emotions and to make it as real as possible. they wanted to feel these emotions through their bodies and to not fake but to really feel the emotions. i.e pain and hurt, where Lauren through herself on the floor multiple times. Repetition and patterns are used to find memories and feelings. there is always a constant bare bones of the material but each time is different. still in keeping with the emotions.
After watching the piece i got a real feel of connecting memory and the body and led me to ask the question, what does the body remember? and what does the mind remember?
Ask yourself this. i certainly will take this question into my second year of practise.
Her piece was great to watch because i could connect on an emotional level as i felt her vunerability and anger. After her piece she explained what it was about and here are my notes:
The whole piece was based on investigating cultural memory and the embodied process ultimately finding who we are. the process took a heavy influence on structured improvisation and is actually part of a duet. the other dancer would actually make Lauren do things such as "through her" around. Lauren and her partner combined their own body stories in order to make this piece. their body stories take on childhood memories and feelings that they felt. they wanted to relive these emotions and to make it as real as possible. they wanted to feel these emotions through their bodies and to not fake but to really feel the emotions. i.e pain and hurt, where Lauren through herself on the floor multiple times. Repetition and patterns are used to find memories and feelings. there is always a constant bare bones of the material but each time is different. still in keeping with the emotions.
After watching the piece i got a real feel of connecting memory and the body and led me to ask the question, what does the body remember? and what does the mind remember?
Ask yourself this. i certainly will take this question into my second year of practise.
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