The logical sequence of the delivery was very appealing to my way of moving and thinking.
I faced the challenges today of being aware of my comfort zones - either being very close to the floor or standing are most comfortable for me - the mid-levels I find more challenging to move through and this is where I tend to rush! I also felt like I wanted to work more independently today so when it came to the moment for contact or touch or confluence I would try to become absorbed by the other person's movement but would only stay in the group for a couple of minutes before going back out into the space to get back into my body, working on my own kinaesphere.
I very much enjoyed the concept of grazing, selectively choosing to be attracted to someone or something or to be repelled or to instigate contact, or to intersect another's movement...
What is Underscore?
The Underscore is a long score for jamming/composition/contact/improvisation. The Underscore guides us through a progression of “changing states” of body and mind—from solo sensitizing to gravity and support, into group circulation and Contact Improvisation engagements, opening out into whole room compositional awareness and interaction, and back to rest and reflection. Developed by Nancy Stark Smith the Underscore is a popular practice among contact dancers all around the world. “The Underscore is a framework for practicing and researching dance improvisation… It is a score that guides dancers through… “changing states” of mind and body…(which) can be seen as a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into a broader arena of improvisational practice; for developing greater ease dancing in spherical space—alone and with others; and for integrating kinesthetic and compositional concerns while improvising. The Underscore is also being used in the CI community worldwide as a way to focus and concentrate Contact jams.”
—Nancy Stark Smith, from Caught Falling
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