This week has been fun-filled at extreme levels, I encouraged myself to play with influencing myself from professionals. I have become more confident through this semester after week 7 research lab, I thoroughly excelled in explorative tasks. I no longer feel that I am only an over and under dancer. I am both. I have found the process exhilarating as it has caused mixed emotions for me as at the beginning I had little confidence and was tentative in contact, I found it difficult during ‘sensational’ felt work however this has grew on me. I now feel that I can take contact Improvisation forward as a practice for my career, it stems as a strength for me.
I engaged with numerous bodies, I also feel that the amount of Jams we had helped influence experiments because of the intensity. I feel that I gave my all in every session and I thoroughly enjoyed every connection greatly, even the awkward points as it has given me experience and I will take my experiences onto further findings. I quite proudly ahered ownership on and off throughout my explorations, finding how new experiences arose venturing for exciting discoveries, I infact felt the movement and sensations, allowing my body to ‘go with it’.
Fenia- Throughout our relationship we had an exhilarating vibe, fore-that both of us were finding each others bodies… limitations, restrictions, influences and awareness of safe practice. We both exchanged weight to one another, I was reluctant at first as Fenia had informed us that she had a calf injury, so I was resentful of giving weight however we both focused on safe practice. I found dancing with Fenia so positive as she has so much experience. I drilled my energy into all jams however I felt super proud of my mind and body after realisation had kicked in from movements we accomplished, revisiting them in my brain.
I let go and allowed carried bodies through the space, myself and Kye explored ‘going up’ we did make exciting findings relating to falls causing us to gravitate to the floor however we persisted and formed interesting formations with our bodies.
The reading influenced my findings this week, by questioning my improvisations I took my findings on board learning from previous experiences.
In the first few weeks of this module we witnessed this video and at first I was really confused and now looking back on my progress I can relate to movements and how I take risks and fall during my improvisations. I endure the play of contact and where the movement can take you, I find it delightfully satisfying.
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I found from watching professionals it initiated influences for my movement, although I have observed many contact improvisation professionals however this one has stayed with me and enjoy the flow the two dancers create.
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Stover, J. (1989). Some considerations when structuring an Improvisation (to be seen by an audience). Contact Quartely/ Contact Improvisation Sourcebook II, Vol.14. pp185