EDAP Day 1

First off, it is nice to move - but moving hurts. One of the downsides of having wandered away from performing, is missing the experience of working and moving together with an ensemble. It's a pleasure to be back doing it.


photo by Omer Yukseker. More here

With 17 bright lights we went through some of the ensemble building strategies borrowed and adapted from Anne Bogart's Viewpoints. It's great work to move out an individual understanding of performing / improvising into a broader, more open awareness of what is going on on-stage and how our choices create change and meaning. And for moving the core of the body around and shrinking the distance between thinking and doing.

We ended the day with a great discussion laying out some thoughts and assumptions about the nature of dance, about the roles of dancers, choreographers and audience - you know, those little questions.

There is so much to build on and work with - I look forward to the coming weeks.
And hope I will become less sore.

Rest