Rehearsal 5

Rehearsal 5 - 8th March

Today we worked from the story ideas that have come in so far:

- the transformation idea- and perhaps getting caught in an image- going through a mirror- to the other side-

developing a relationship with an image- friendly/antagonistic

... if you look in a mirror on a certain day of the year you will see your true love...

The story is this...
It began like any other day...
Then strange things began to happen when we passed the mirror in the hall
We saw people...some we knew...some we didn't..
We approached...curious...wanting to make contact.
We did...some of it was more than we anticipated...
Where were they trying to take us?...What were they trying to show us?..
When we finally broke away...we were different...
We knew it without looking in the mirror...We went outside...we met our friends....We smiled with our new secret...the light that bounced between all those mirrors, all those images, was now coming out of our eyes...

Section One of the Dance

First we constructed the hall as a long thing space of the rehearsal room. We marked a large mirror space with two water bottles.
We began fairly literally, with natural movement.
Tara walked through the space, and Dee stood just inside the mirror frame. As Tara passed in front of the mirror, Dee (her reflection) picked up her movements until Tara moved away again.
Then others passed the mirror, and each left their 'reflection' in the mirror.
Finally Emma walked up to the mirror and struck a pose, and all the other 'reflections' in the mirror struck it too.
Christa approached and was pulled into the mirror.
The other three 'real' people approached the mirror cautiously, and the mirror trio took place, before all the dancers were pulled into the mirror by their reflections.
Part of Sarah P and Sarah J's rolling duet performed 'inside' the mirror finished this section.

Next rehearsal we are going to look at what happens when the dancers emerge from the mirror again - all suggestions are very welcome. The next rehearsal will be Wednesday 15th March, as this Friday the dancers have another commitment.

Unfortunately, we became so involved in the rehearsal that I forgot to take any images of the dance - I do apologise!

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