Small creative dance exercise
Over the last months I have been exploring the theme of expression and dance for a research project. There are a lot of ideas that may of my very generous peers have given me insight to through interviews.
An exercise that I have created, that I want share, incorporates many of the ideas to do with expression.
Idea: Take a phrase of text… eg. Do you see the stars shining brightly in the nights sky?
Associate: what comes first into mind as you hear the text? (brainstorming like a mindmap)
Improvise: with the idea and associations in mind. Move freely in the space
Follow inner impulses: What inner impulses come as you move? Inner impulses are the need to move, an urge to change ones form often from a feeling place (authenticity)
Observe and evaluate: What you find? What were the impulses? What did they get you to do / how did you feel like moving? What did you like about the movement?
Create phrase: Put the ideas together. Create repeatable movements/a phrase of movement. Set an order. Link them together in a coherent way (one leading naturally to another)
Text: create a text of the movement describing clearly the intention behind each step/idea. what am I expressing?
The exercise is multi-layered. It touches the ideas of Authenticity, Freedom and Intention creatively.
As you attempt the exercise please leave some feedback in the comments below!