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...
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