This week we carried on with Nancy Stark-Smiths underscore, which is based on connections. After doing this score for a second time, I feel I relate to thinking and feeling, as during this score I think I try to feel the movements more and try to go with what my body wants and how my body wants to move, instead of thinking about the movement itself. I really like the fact that in the score, even if you are standing in the wings, you are still a part of the score and your attention needs to be as awake as the people in the space. I feel that during the second time we did the score I was more confident and I think this showed throughout as I tried to get more involved by entering and exiting more as I was more aware of what was going on around me, so if I saw someone do a movement I liked, I would find the right time to enter the space in order to develop the movement.
Developing our scores from last week was the next part of the lesson. We decided to develop our score further by changing some of the limitations, this is what we decided:
- Everyone starts onstage
- All perform non-habitual movements
- If you see someone do a habitual movement you have to shout out their name and a limitation (i.e. Rachel – Don’t use your arms)
- They then had to incorporate the limitation into their movements
We then performed the scores to our peers whilst recording it, so that we could watch it back to see what we can improve on. After watching the score back I feel we need to make more relationships between one another, for example create more duet and trio improvisations within the score. I also think that we need to experiment with levels more in order to create more dynamics. Also, I think on the areas where we thick skin one another I feel that we need to get closer to each other in order to make it clearer to the audience. In order to improve the score even further, I think we need to be more aware of one another and I think this can be done within the limitations. As if we make the limitations more imaginative by incorporating space and duets/trios this will be more affective and enhanced. After a period of time the score does become quite predictable, this is because of the limitations, as we tended to repeat the simpler limitations. Whereas, I think if we make the limitations more creative and interesting the score will become less predictable and more interesting to watch.
In the jam this week we carried on improving our scores. After watching the scores in the lesson we all agreed that we needed to make the score more interesting. So we decided to change some of the structure, so that we had more freedom and possibilities to play with. We decided that:
- Only one person starts onstage
- That person then has to shout someone else’s name in order for them to join in
- Once everyone has entered, anyone can enter and leave at any time they feel is necessary
- We aren’t allowed to copy during duets/trios
- We have to play with space more
- Make the limitations more dynamic
- Play with speed more.
Hopefully these new limitations will develop the score even further, as well as create new and different dynamics throughout.