Contact Improvisation

This week mainly focused on preparation  for the open studios where we would be performing our scores to an audience. Whilst trying out our score we decided to make some slight adjustments. We had included an element of chance in our score, leaving the audience to pick a number between…

Today’s session began with us watching a video clip of the round robin which we had all participated in the week before. Whilst watching this, it made me realise that although I managed to stay in contact with my partner, I did use my eyes to look around a lot,…

This week was again a contact research lab, giving us the opportunity to explore a topic of interest. I was in a group with Emma, Robyn and Chloe and collectively we agreed that the transformation between levels was something we all struggled with. When being involved in a contact improvisation,we felt that…

Preparing for this week’s contact session I had read an article ‘Exposed to Gravity’ by Bruce Curtis and Alan Ptashek which gave me an understanding on the use of resisting gravity in dance.The article was written from a disabled person’s perspective which I personally found really captivating in the sense…

Until this week, during the contact improvisation module, I feel as a whole we have not experimented enough with giving the whole of our weight to each other, therefore perhaps restricting fluidity of movement. I know that in the past I have been quite hesitant whether or not to initiate…