Ipp2 Reflections

One day after the IPP class I found myself in the studio with some candles finding resource, observing. A lot of questions came up to my mind, but when I see fire I think about spirituality.The ancient people(romans) who lived in massive castles used the fire as tool of protection, people who lived in a cage used it to warm up themselves or the "room" but in the studio I used the light to illuminate what I was writing(thoughts, information, observations). This will I'll be looking at different artists that work with fire, spirits and rituals.The word "installation" keeps screaming into my head, so I might develop a little a little one ( it represents a challenege because it is outside my "comfort zone"--->it is not movement, it is visual art)

When a candle is, a dead body is, when a dead body is, a soul/spirit is...when the light is not anymore, the spirit is here and that is ME!!!

• RITUAL
• EMBODYMENT
• INITIATION

Now I go back to a first year post about the fire and I just love when things simply connect.

Ipp reflections

Fiona- Even if we both chose a scarf and a source of light, our experiences were so different. The first thing that came up to my mind was the interesting way that you have embodied the scarf. You also found very intelligent images to work with and your amazing focus just captured me into your movement. I am glad that my light source helped you and I think as well it offered you a larger variety of ways to explore the duet: movement-light, actually the trio: movement-light-scarf, actually (sorry for that) the quartet: movement-light-scarf-me. (if that makes sense). Your exploration was very inspiring to watch and wellllll done:)

 

Julia- What a special light source!!! in your movement I could see the fact that there were a lot of memories and feelings for you within the Christmas lights. Very strong images came to me watching you decorating yourself with those lights, maybe even making them a part of your body, you can even develop your work by using more lights and making more connections between the lights-your body-audience. I loved the way you have created the space and turning them on and off was the surprise ellement of you work. Working with the wall is also an intelligent choice as you had the chance to explore shadows. I also enjoyed your dinamics when you turned them in the air, it was the explosion moment. Really nice and natural "performance". Welllll done:)

 

Joana- You really showed me you din not like your scarf, you body just refuses to come in contact with it. I enjoyed the way you played with the idea of scarf as transport tool, you are always creative and funny. At the beginning you were far away from your objects, but at the end of your little piece you actually were in contact with them, so in life it always takes a little while to get used to be in contact with materials (even people, attitudes?) that you don't agree or like, but the close exploration of it makes you become larger as an artist as well as a human. Very nice exploration Jo! wellllll done:)

 

My own experience- I was very attracted by the little candle and by working through my senses. Today (Friday) I went back into the studio and explore this play and a lot of ideas came into my head, so this is surely the idea that I want to keep exploring and see what comes up from it. I also felt a curious relation to my audience (maybe becase we are all so close). Here you find my score for my exploration:

                   Fall up and down through the breath

                   Find moments of stillness on the floor or in the air

                   Breath...

                   Use the voice and the material

                   Turn off one of your senses and find the fire...

                   Allow the warmth and the light to caress your skin...

                   Breath and enjoy...

Working with projections

My Reflections

A session with Amy Voris and Christian Kipp

Student: Oana Rotariu

• Working with projections represents a new type of work, that I have enjoyed to work with and it opens a new variety of possible performances for my final work.
• During the session I felt that working with the main light off turned me into a more active body (rather than making me feel sleepy), maybe because I was very excited about the session.
• While moving I was looking at relations between the projections and the body moving or being still, and I have played with near and far. I also noticed my interest to my shadows, I even started to "haunt it" or to "hide it" (if that makes sense).
• I also found an interesting play with the idea of me allowing the wall/body to capute the images, sometimes I was generous, but sometimes I just needed to take within my body the whole image and to see what happens with me as a "new entity".
• The fact that we were 2 bodies moving brang to my head the idea of a trio and be aware what relation is there and how we interract.
• I also found interesting the large range of materials and colours of our clothes coming in contact with the projection and the idea of "chameleon" came up to my head. By witnessing my colleagues I noticed a very strong embodiment of the image into the their bodies and it was relevant for me how this fact changed/affect their movement.
• By playing with my shadows I felt a frustration because this is when I came in contact for almost 1 hour with my shadow (a 2^nd Oana) and I didn't feel comfortable having it all the time there, next to me, following me, it felt like someone was copying me, even killing my individuality. But reflecting about that I started to accept the idea of my shadow as a "part of my body", just like my limbs, voice, etc...
• This session was a special one for me as I have been introduced to a new discipline and it raised my interest to explore the relations between projection and body.

While researching I found this amazing picture!!!

Dance Analysis- Matthias Sperling

A Brief Encounter with... Matthias Sperling

Do not be afraid

Duet with Rachel Kirsche

Last Friday I had the privilege to witness Mathias Sperling performing a duet with Rachel Kirsche, two contemporary dancers with amazing skills, artists who work with very ambitious ideas.

On their first appearance on stage the first thing I have noticed was the funny costume design and a mixture of strong colors, like: red, purple, black, yellow and green. Their costumes bring the image of a superhero, with a cloak hanging on their backs, fact that suggest the superpower possession. Their initial movement looked very funny, but they were acting like very serious and strong persons, which had an intensely effect over the audience, who went into fits of laughter from the first moment the dancers came on stage.

During all piece, the choreographer chose not to use music, but the dancers were following their own breath rhythms. Another important artifice was the direct communication with the audience, by asking them to give marks for a specific choreographic sequence, which made a special connection between dancers and public. The choreographer used the voice and a range of ballet poses and waited for the audience's reactions to them, fact that made the message of the piece so clear.

In my opinion the concept of this performance is based on mocking a different type of dance- ballet and to express a specific stereotype of dancer. Moreover this piece was “screaming” for individuality, for stopping to copy a certain movement style.

During the second part of the performance, the dancers got connected by an mp3 player and they seemed to develop their own funny dance, which had a well-defined rhythm. At the end of the piece, the choreographer used the same movement as in the beginning, which suggests a symmetry of every dance rehearsal: a warm up and a cool down.

In conclusion I think this piece came with a new concept, very well explored by the artists and it had a very strong impact over the audience, but on the other hand I don't agree the way they “attack” another type of art for which many people had dedicated their lives.

We had an amazing night at Queen Elizabeth Hall watching Matthias and Candoco Dance Company.

The tickets gave me some ideas for our performance project tickets, or for my future performances.

Pelvis and Legs

Mapping the pelvis with our own fingers--> surprising shape

Giving the weight of my legs made me so free, someone moving my legs felt like they were not mine, I didn't need to think about them, I just enjoyed them moving, open spaces, flexibility.

I really celebrate my legs!!!

Taking the wieght of someone's legs made me realize how heavy they are and it is interesting to move someone's leggs in so many different directions.

The legs' bones go so far up

Moving after the hands on, made me move easily and even reaching out into the space, but I felt like I needed to give directions to my partner, it was a surprising play for us.

Working with a poem

This day I did not feel that well, so I allowed myself to sitt and witness some amazing dancers. A young international trio: Ioana, Mirna and Greta. I watched them moving and saying words from their poems, which feeds my inspiration.
Thoughts

• it happened a very interesting mixture of accents, languages and tonalities, that made them come from different little stories, but the movement brang them into the same thread.
• they looked very connected and their movement made sense; their were following different word, maybe they ignored some others because they did not understand them, or did not hear them...they were too silent...
• repetitive movement, unfocus-outside distractions  (does that make sense?)
• complementary movement, stops, a very exact representation of the words.

Finding the liver

I was thinking now at my organs because I'm not feeling that well. So I need to talk a little bit abour this class: Working with organs

• The organs are situated within 3 cavities: skull, toracic, abdomen.
• Polly brang into the studio fluid baloons, just to percieve how it feels to have an organ into my hand (I noticed the density of it and the fact that the shape changes)
• I was also surprised by how obvious the blood streams are and the connective tissues.
• We also played with finding and even massaging our own liver/partne's liver.

Partner work (15+15)
 relax inner muscles, moving from the organs, heaviness in the lower back, rolling from organs, breathing through organs, fluidity and softness, surface, expanding in my hands, finding and even seing/scaning the organs.

Site Responsive Dance - Process

Resource

• green+yellow
• car noises
• gentle but cold wind
• connection to the ground
• extension
• bird songs
• big/small
• tall/short
• near/far
• levels

First version of our group score

• Place yourself in space in relation to your tree
• Allow yourself to arrive in site
• Using your senses, acknoledge the surroundings
• Through patterning explore near-mid-far in relation to your tree
• Be spatially aware of other members of the group
• Use stillness to close the score

After practicing this score we found it quite closed and it was not so succesfull in large groups. I should be more aware of the other members of the group, I didn't notice our relation, but I was drawn to idea near-far as I found myself witnessing the clouds moving( how far they can be!!), but also the grass, flowers and bugs next to my body.

Our Final Score

                  Start at the edges of the space
                  Breath...
                  Acknoledge the near and far.
                  Allow the sounds to initiate movement,
                  changes of directions, levels and stillness.
                  Move in response to the sights and sounds.
                  Maintain the group awareness.

We all admit we are proud of our score, as it was succesful when we witnessed it.
Thank you TEAM!! x

Finding the heart...

I think this picture tells everything...I really found the heart of our site...

Site Responsive Dance Module

Here I have two images showing my responses to the nature, observations and reactions.

• silent walk to a specific site (microsite)
• resource page-collect
• acknoledge and cultivate my own microsite by playing with near-far, midd-far awareness, meander, settle and dwell, invite attention to the environment and other
• use level work
• come back and remap on a new page(valuaction)
• rewrite the score.

After this session, things started to make sense, I can BE THERE, I fell myself alive and aware in nature.

(writing from my journal- 16th May 2011)

sorrrrryyyy!!!

My Dear Blog,
I feel soooo sorry I didn't have time for you last weeks, but I had my performance projects running intensively! But from now on, I'm all yours!!! x