Dance Training Journal: 4/22/15

Dance Training Journal: 4/22/15

Narrative as Inspiration

Activities Involved: 

Folk Dance with Jazz hands, 

Evolution: cell, to worm, to 4 legs, to human, back to cell. 

Places: No sleep, No touch, location I return to

3 part stories: drought, to river, to flood, 

Questions: 

What are some explorations of showing character that I can do, that do not involve face, or voice?

What are some ways I can explore narration using location?

How can I avoid 'rushing' like I did in the 3 part story during this class?

Ideas for further exploration:

Showing character with gestures:

I think I can use level, posture, and methods of using my joint to show character. For example by stiffening joints one way, I can be a marionette, or a robot etc...

Showing character with location:

In this class I used "the place I return to" as a location to help tell a story. I suppose I could also have a place I avoided, as an exploration, or have an area that I performed a certain motion or gesture every time I got near it, or saw it for whatever reason.

Avoiding 'rushing':

As far as 'timing' control I could pay more attention to the progress of my fellow dancers  when in an exploration, particularly a staged one. This would allow me to 'sense' the timing a bit better and avoid rushing.