To begin this week’s class, we spent some time watching videos which reflect our practise from this year. Especially watching Roehampton dance (2011) and WarSaw Flow festival (2012). Both videos explore both slow/fast pace in the space, exploring the range of kinespheres and maintaining the momentum in partners. I noticed that the partners use their sides of the ribs frequently as a safety zone on the higher kinesphere which is useful to know for future jams.
We briefly had a recap on Stark-Smith’s underscore, which will be major in our final jam. Watching the documented underscore class Stark-Smith (2014) taught was incredible to watch. Seeing strangers come together and bonding through contact improvisation is mesmerising to watch. It’s great to see how universal contact is. Starting to feel assured after recapping the underscore and I feel comfortable going into class next week – as I have gone through everything I need to know about contact improvisation.
This week’s jam was based on the underscore. I thoroughly enjoyed myself during this session, and part of me is relieved for the assessment next session. For this assessment I feel well-prepared after having practiced the run through of the underscore. I feel like next week is the perfect opportunity for me to practice different connections and grazing. I am confident working as a soloist in the jam, however I find it difficult to apply my knowledge from the underscore into duets/trios.
Since the jam next week is going to be longer, I believe I have more chance of fitting all my knowledge into practice. I am looking forward to the last session and hoping to proceed contact improvisation out of working hours.
Kanał użytkownika szimi82 (2012) Poland Contact Improvisation festival WarSaw Flow 2012 – Jam. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyaHk7KN9bY [accessed 30/11/16].
PERFORM fundacja artystyczna (2014) GLOBAL UNDERSCORE with Nancy Stark-Smith. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOGLMZdm2uA [accessed 30/11/16].
RoehamptonDance, (2011) Contact Improvisation jam 20th May 2011. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdKZlryJ4HY [accessed 30/11/16].
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