IPP Presentation

We had to think about some ideas of a possible performance, and we had as well a discussion about it with our tutor, Katye.
The most representative work that we have done until now during IPP sessions is the portraits work. This helped me to look deep into myself and find different sides of me that I didn't know that exist!
After reading the hand-outs from IPP I start asking myself some questions. First I start researching who I was before this huge change came into my life....what this change bring in my life?
-place(country, home, room);
-language- expressing;
-food, water, juice, fluids;
-values, memories;
-lifestyle, friends, music;
- culture, books, DVDs; etc.....
What kind of influences happened before I start building up my personality, education and who I am?
Working with Fiona made me discover a new friendship; we even created our "hearts" inside our intimate universe and during the whole process we passed trough...
The movie "Avatar" is as well related to this work because I feel that now I'm living in parallel in this new world and sometimes I go back to where I come from. It's interesting to notice how changed is my point of view now and how I look at people that are an important part of my past...
This work made me reflect a lot about myself and even I start writing to myself...It is related to my Body Story also!
The discussion with Katye gave me some ideas: -memory of places where I come from (the beautiful landscapes of the village where my grandparents used to live and the house of my childhood, the animals around us, the forest, the fresh mountain-air, flowers, colors, interesting stories, sounds, alive nature, river, smells...)
Another idea is sending a series of letter to myself, to start looking to different artist that work with this idea and I'm planing to visit that amazing village in April.
The word "intervention"....-who made interventions in my life? and why? Sometimes some people, but sometimes it's just the "destiny"...things just happen!
I found a strong motivation and interest about cultural phenomena!
The idea- experience-expression...what is the source of my performance?
I need to find my boundary...how flexible can be my membrane? I'm afraid not to be broken at some point...maybe it's already broken...

Theater Game

On 1st of March we have to deliver a theater game, which will be part of one hour workshop plan. I was thinking to make a workshop abut self-confidence and trust, and as well working in groups. So this is my game:

Make a semicircle.
a) When the music starts come into the space being aware of relationships with the others. Be natural, don't try to act something, just stand up, lie down, run, you can roll, or sit, just normal and simple actions. (2 min)
b) Use the same idea, but this time come in physical contact with the others and try to keep eye-to-eye connection! (2 min)

This game's aim to offer to students the comfort of being part of a group, and be confident with the idea of having around people and coming in contact with them! I try to build up a little "society" with specific habits and particular movement.

Jane Boyd

I'm reading an interesting web site , related to a recent post: "WATER" , so I'm not the only one interested in water studies!! you can check Jane Boyd web-site!

http://www.janeboyd.co.uk/janeboyd/current.html

Water

It is Saturday afternoon and I just watch a very interesting film (documentary), that made me ask some questions...
The film talks about water, the most common substance on Earth. Water is with us in every moment of out lives, but where does it come from? and who brings it? why? As this movie says, "only water itself knows the answers...".  In Bible, water is considered as a concept, related with life! Many scientists had studied water's composition, as molecule and they decided we know almost nothing about water.
With modern technology, people discovered that water has memory and it contains different types of information.
The brain is made of 85% water !!! The scientist affirm that the water we introduce in our body can affect our brain and decisions that we take,even the character! Water is the "key" of  information exchanging in the world and it is as well the way that the environment can be controlled.
The words that we use intensely and thoughts that we have can be imprinted into water. There are stories that talk about people who were able to do miracles just because of their profound spiritual knowledge, and by using holly water, that has amazing qualities! Scientists say that the whole system is a state of instability, so the power of "thought" is strong enough to make all universe change! Whatever we do, it turns back to ourselves, not as punishment, but as result! And every word we say and every thought we have separates from us and became a part of global information environment! So this defines a human as a source of information, that makes the universe constantly changing! But water as well is considered as a source of life just because of her capacity of self-purifying: it evaporates, it condenses, it rains, it freezes and it melts, but is maintains the main structure: the program for life!
How the world was created? Everything begins in water and in water everything comes to an end!
Every single word is a drop of water and any thought is a source of information! This is the idea that made me raise some questions about humanity and individual!
What are the relations between humans and nature? How does this relation can influence our daily lives? How do people react to water? Why is water source of our lives?
This film make me reflect about myself and abut my connection to the Universe and it made me take a great decision : to have FAITH!!! and then the Universe is going to respond back...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnbZN54IZNE

What do you think abut this?

Can you imagine a water dance? If not...just watch this video!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI6S5CS-6JI

SKELETON

Just some images about our skeleton and spine! It's interesting to observe a human's body structure! 

Sometimes I am surprised by the way I can move the spine and by the feeling of finding a lot of space between vertebrae.In every session we work a lot with the idea of "body architecture" and we are asked to close the eyes and just scan our body: skeleton, muscles, tissues, skin...and to imagine the imprint that the body would let on sand...very beautiful image!

BRAIN

The Cerebrum= the largest part of the human brain;
          -4 lobes:

1. the frontal lobe- reasoning, speech, movement, emotions, problems solving;
2. the parietal lobe- orientation, recognition, perception;
3. the occipital lobe- visual processing;
4. the temporal lobe- perception and recognition of auditory stimuli, memory and speech.

There are 2 hemispheres:

1. Left Hemisphere - logic abilities;
2. Right Hemisphere- creativity;

The Cerebellum ("little brain")- regulation and coordination of movement, posture and balance.

-it is much older than the cerebrum, evolutionarily;

Limbic system= emotional brain (old);

MEMORY refers to the processes that are used to acquire, storage, retain and later retrieve information. So there are 3 major processes: encoding( receiving), storage, retrieval.

Impro [27.01.2011] - Polly

Warm up- individually- 5 min.(stretching, running, relaxing, roll down)- relaxing music.
Bring the attention to the bones, one movement follows the next, and the next, and the next (bones of arms, shoulders, neck, shoulder blades)- bones fold and unfold...
Finding surprising ways to move perhaps, maybe those tissues around the bones soft somehow; moving from the structure-skeleton; follow where the movement tales you; duets between the bones of the skull and foot, or arms and legs, find new duets! become curious! allow to your attention to move to a new duet! the movement takes you somewhere in the space, on th floor or off the floor;

{ I'm sitting here, at the edges of the dance studio...observing the other dance students! Even if my whole body is in pain, I feel like dancing, like exploring some new movement, maybe some new duets! }

The feeling of stillness...they go to one side of the room, staying in their bones, skeleton, architecture.

• sitting, rolling, stretching, alignment, simple movement---> crossing the floor by expressing the simplicity of the structure, moving by unexpected ways, just keeping it simple!
• work in pairs---> crossing the floor( play with the architecture of the body and space between partners); being curious, how does it feel?

[Free writing: I AM.....Oana, bored, sick, happy, in love, ME, a dancer ands actress, I am in Coventry, I am a body, fluid, dangerous, free, beautiful, white, natural, 19, away, writing, skinny, sometimes alone, but also a big family...many families, I am celebrating myself everyday, I am a girl or a woman? I am following my body voice, originality, sensitivity! confused, scared...in the dance studio.]

I observed how energy changes during this session while receiving information and while practicing!