Creative
Emotions in dance - Media Headlines in present times stir up much emotion. Many say dance as a practice is cathartic to processing emotion. Performance also can provoke emotional reactions for audience and performer.
Experiment with both of these angles. Choreograph a neutral, emotionless phrase of movement. Film it in this raw state. Insert an intentional emotion and feel how it changes your movement and your own mental state. Take notes; i.e. does the movement slow down, become irregular, feel more grounded?....does it lift your spirits, drain you?....
Film it and/or perform it for someone, with the same emotion. Does what you feel translate to the screen/audience? What could you change to translate your personal intent more effectively?
What looks good this week
The Guild Cinema has a huge list of ONLINE-AT HOME movies from many venues to rent with 50% of proceeds benefiting the local Guild Cinema in Nob Hill.
On the list, And Then We Danced, about dancers in the National Georgian Ensemble and forbidden desire, with English Subtitles.
https://www.musicboxfilms.com/guildcinema-streamlocal/
Fun and social
Tiny Dance Party - Find a friend with a back yard. Determine a safe number of friends for the space then, bring a chair and personal refreshments. Divide the yard into distanced spaces, plenty more than 6ft so you can move, and start your play list. Combine free dancing and games; connect by making a game where one person guides another person's movements by distant mirroring, and pass it on; dance the shapes and patterns you find in view. Enjoy togetherness.
Congratulations ADC, for two years and strong!
