Dance Training Journal: 4/10/15

Dance Training Journal: 4/10/15

I really learned a lot in our exploration of Initiation today. For one ,the exploration of impulse, falling due to gravity, breath, weight shift, with an ending fade, formed an excellent base of movement for us to work off of in class. Once my base movement for each was down, adding a second quality to each was relatively simple. I felt that the next segment, practicing rhythmic phrasing was an excellent preparation for the final activity, where I combined my existing motions with different rhythms to match different needs and styles. As I mentioned after class, I felt that this overall pattern for improv, exists in other disciplines as well, such as cooking, where once you can deal with base ingredients, like rice, meat and beans, you can combine them, into new dishes, and experiment with new spices and flavorings at will.