Intensive Day 4.. :)

Felt really stiff & tired & un-motivated today..

Warm up - working with the surfaces of the body on the floor. 
Layers of the skin - gathering sand.
Working with a twist in the spine. Putting pressure through the hands. 
Playing with levels & suspension & falling..
Explore in groups - more playful.
Playing with the spaces / weaving. Moving in & out of contact.
I felt like being in a group restricted my movements & I was less adventurous in my exploring.
Worked with Claire transferring weight - lower the pelvis & use momentum!

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Snake Pass:

Travelling from person to person & sharing / giving / passing / receiving weight.

Being available to give weight & ready to absorb others.

Playing with speeds & various levels.

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Memory Imprints:

Leaving imprints on my partners body - using this to influences my movement. Charlie stands still. Imprinting her foot into the  ground - using the material of her cardigan as a stimulus.

Leaning on her - using her leg as a support - sliding down the length of her leg - resting my hand on her shoulder. Repeating movements / sequences until it feels settled in my body.

Trying to perfrom the sequence without Charlie in the space - felt lost & strange. Performing both of our phrases in the space. Then tryed performing it as a whole group - at first it was all quite clumsy. Then when doing it again, we found lovely coincidental moments & opportunities.

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Getting into phrase groups. 

Split the phrase into 6 sections - they don't have to be the same length.

Create a code: 2153 & perform the phrase in this order.

Figure out transitions if necessary. 

Re-arrange within the group to ensure that we are still moving as a group.

Recognising when/if any unison occurs & being mindful of it.

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Applying these new forms to the river section.

Realising that the river needs to move for the trios/quartettes to happen.

Orbit Score:

Walking in the space.

Dropping the pelvis to walk with a lower centre of gravity.

Move into a run.

Moving around a centre point - gravitational pull - people still in the centre.

If one changes direction - the whole group does.

Following through, no going back.

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