Notes and Realizations Week 1

Like Me Qualities

1. Undulation
2. Shape orientation
3. Sharp motion
4. Stillness
5. Proximal initiation
6. Floor work
7. Diagonals
8. Limbs close to the body
9. Pedestrian
10. Slow

Unlike Me Qualities

1. Straight body
2. Flow through shapes
3. Fluidity
4. Constant movement
5. Distal initiation
6. Movement in the air
7. Straight on to the audience
8. Reaching out with the limbs
9. Dancey
10. Fast

Identity

1. Comfort
2. Dark colors
3. Smiles
4. Intricate tastes (flavorful)
5. Animal care
6. God/Love
7. Warmth
8. Openness
9. No filter
10. Oceans/beaches
11. Family

Laban Dynamics

1. Slow------Fast
2. Heavy-----Light
3. Bound-----Free
4. Direct-----Indirect

Authentic Movement Exercise on 1/19/11

1. Indirect
2. Slow
3. Flowing
4. Initiation from limbs
5. Free

Laban for me

1. Heavy
2. Bound
3. Direct
4. Slow

Laban not for me

1. Light
2. Free
3. Indirect
4. Fast

Realizations through the choreographic process

• The movement that comes freely to my body is heavy, bound, direct, and slow.  My personality holds light and happy qualities filled with a free and indirect quality.  This brought about a confusing process for trying to choreograph a piece on my personal identity until Ellie explained that I could use this to my advantage by opposing the two contradictory sets of qualities.
• We watched some videos in class on 1/20/11 that were pretty interesting.  Marc Bamuth Joseph relayed a piece of his identity to his audience by speaking poetically and flowing through a rhythmic hip-hop dance.  He called this "poetry in motion," and gave a performance that was raw and true to his identity.  This video was the one that stuck out in my mind and gave me some inspiration to find my own identity through movement.