hard labour
We moved and conversed around the idea of committing to some 'hard labour' in a 'pre-show' situation.
I suggested that it need not be skipping (or sporty at all) but that perhaps it is an action based task such as digging a hole.
-digging a hole / lifting and stacking/ pushing something large/ pouring large amounts of water from one bucket to another-
All these things come with baggage ofcourse - loaded with meaning / metaphor.
So Shannon suggested we create a danced sequence that is repeatable, that works as a duo [not in unison] but fits together like a jigsaw.
So we made some dance and we attempted (without a director) to craft our separately made phrases together. I felt that as a structure / pattern it had potential - but the vocabularly didn't make sense. So I suggested we use the structure we have but shift the vocabulary into a more grounded, effortful, dig-a-hole-without-miming style of movement.
At the end of the day we got to a place that could definitely be investigated further. These are some screen shots from the video. [ignore the exclamation marks... just my i-photo telling me they may not be good enough for print... i kind of like them though]
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