Rehearsal 1

Rehearsal 1 - 23rd February

At the beginning of the first rehearsal we went through the themes as they have been discussed so far by the group. We decided to work with the idea of the differences between the way we see ourselves and the ways other people see us.

Dance-Making Task:

The dancers worked in pairs.
Each dancer made up a short solo about herself, and the way she thinks of herself.
Then each dancer made up another short solo about the way she sees the girl she was working with. I asked them to concentrate on the dynamic qualities and personality of their partner.
We then combined the solos for each dancer, so in each case Dancer A was dancing about herself, while Dancer B was dancing about how she sees Dancer A.
In the combinations, I asked the dancers to remember the theme of reflection in the way that they structured the duets.

Click on the links below to see the duets that came from this task. The duets are named after the dancer who was the subject of the dance. The two dancers have put a short explanation of their personal approaches for each one.

Sarah P

(performed by Sarah P and Christa)
We looked first at Sarah's version of herself, and then at Christa's version of Sarah, and we found lots of similarities. We originally put it together facing front; then we played with angles but decided to stay with the first idea. The piece fell together pretty much on its own.

Click here to see Sarah P's duet with QuickTime4 - approx 1,800k
Click here to see Sarah P's duet with QuickTime3 - approx 1,800k

Christa

(performed by Christa and Sarah)
We began the same way as with Sarah's, looking at each sequence on its own. After putting them together we experimented with direction and kept the changes this time.

Click here to see Christa's duet with QuickTime4 - approx 1,400k
Click here to see Christa's duet with QuickTime3 - approx 1,400k

Emma

(performed by Emma and Beccy)
Hello everyone, hope you like the work so far. We took an 'outside eye' (when another person watches and gives feedback to the dancers) to help us create the duet in terms of timing, spacing, and compatability. As we are already good friends, we found looking at the other person's personality and dance style was quite easy and it was great fun. Can't wait to hear your feedback.
Cheers,
Emma and Beccy

Click here to see Emma's duet with QuickTime4 - approx 1,000k
Click here to see Emma's duet with QuickTime3 - approx 900k

Tara

(performed by Tara and Dee)
We got an 'outside eye' (when another person watches and gives feedback to the dancers) to see elements that worked together, e.g. similar movements, placing them together to end the piece. We focussed on spatial elements to create the most effective movement. At certain points we used a call and response method, so it was as though we were answering each other's movements.

Click here to see Tara's duet with QuickTime4 - approx 1,900k
Click here to see Tara's duet with QuickTime3 - approx 1,900k