Today I was quite cryptic and we left a lot to interpretation… The group choreographed their own movement sequences using props. The room was very colourful and there were excellent ideas including semaphore and dance of the seven veils! The group showed each other their dances and then we had cake! After the well earned…
Turning 2D into 3D, has involved pipe cleaners this week. Translating movement onto lining paper using pastel and paint to begin with and then into a piped move has been an enjoyable experience. The contrast from colour to black and white, pastel to paint and now the use of pipe cleaners has been quite different. Apparently,…
Inspiration can come from many things and sometimes the most natural are the most beautiful. Avril brought in a dried tomato top and Wendy projected it onto the screen whilst Rebecca echoed its shape and delicacy through movement. Sandra kindly shared her art with us, some of her ideas directly influenced from the sessions. Creating her own…
Today everyone wore blue. This made our mirroring and following activity extra special for the Go Pro (a clever bit of equipment that takes a photo every ten seconds). Everyone took a chance to lead and follow then we all danced in unison, not knowing who was our leader. It was fantastic to see everyone…
Brian and I have been talking. We’ve been wondering about how we might turn the ‘breath’ lines into a sculpture, “lifting them off the page” and “making the lines stand up”. We thought about galvanised wire or dipping wool in resin? A similar chat with Frances was around trying different materials, we considered silly string…
This morning everyone felt tired and weary and with this weather slightly cold. Rebecca and Wendy definitely got everyone up and moving with their stimulating art and dance activities. Lots of improvisation, mirroring and prop movements followed by duet Chinese whisper drawing definitely warmed the whole group. By the end of the session expressions of being…
You could feel the energy levels lift throughout the morning, indeed at one point I thought a couple may take off! We spent a lot of time moving and mimicking each other and all at a very slow pace, extremely concentrated at times and, I feel, tiring for the mind and muscles. The music definitely…
Rebecca brought out a large, red stretchy Lycra to play and explore some activities and movement. This led to a counter-balance Lycra stretch and everyone was amazed how far it could stretch and how many different activities you could develop with the Lycra. There were achy arms but in a good way and Linda expressed…
Wendy experimented asking everyone to breath and draw at the same time to capture the breath. It would seem that this was exhausting and May asked if she could take a breather. May sat and breathed and others moved with her and drew. At the end of the session we all expressed how we were…
The past few sessions were about experimentation. Our ideas came from the prop we were using, a giant red piece of lycra. I like to use texture and colours in a lot of my dance work to enhance the movements we do. This time the texture and colour directly influenced what we did and it…