When I dance... I feel free... I lose all perception of time and space... it is a great feeling of excitement as the full range of movement becomes apparent... I surrender to the comforting pressure of the floor beneath me and the air around me... I am myself...
Friday 10 December 2010
Sunday 5 December 2010
Site Exploration
As part of our Dance and Theatre session we were asked to select and explore a space outside the studio.
Our first step towards this was simply sitting quietly in the space, absorbing the sounds and images around us. We then made a mind map of our impression of the site and began to move and feel our way around the space.
My site was one level of a stairway. For me, the key features of this space were the gaps between the steps where I could let parts of my body disappear, and the contrast between the scratchy carpet and the cold metal hand rails. I also enjoyed making sounds around the space; this included my finger nails on the carpet and tapping on the walls.
This was a relativelty new experience for me but I found it affected me quite deeply - I enjoyed having a space of my own where I could effectively start from scratch, using the senses to guide me. I only touched the surface of what could be possible in this site and I hope to develop this work further in the future...
Our first step towards this was simply sitting quietly in the space, absorbing the sounds and images around us. We then made a mind map of our impression of the site and began to move and feel our way around the space.
My site was one level of a stairway. For me, the key features of this space were the gaps between the steps where I could let parts of my body disappear, and the contrast between the scratchy carpet and the cold metal hand rails. I also enjoyed making sounds around the space; this included my finger nails on the carpet and tapping on the walls.
This was a relativelty new experience for me but I found it affected me quite deeply - I enjoyed having a space of my own where I could effectively start from scratch, using the senses to guide me. I only touched the surface of what could be possible in this site and I hope to develop this work further in the future...
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