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(2007)
page last updated Fri, 13 Mar 2009, 11:22am PDT
Contributor: Hana van der Kolk
Description
A dance for to be performed by one or more people in a populated, indoor space.
Keywords: dance, settle, eyes-closed
Duration: variable minutes
# of Performers: variable
Materials / Instrumentation / Performers
body, other bodies, space, awareness
Score / Notes
Start by noticing how your body is positioned in space. Notice how you are holding your head and your limbs and how the weight is distributed on your feet. Feel the clothing on your skin and take note of places of tension or release in your musculature. Check out your proximity to the walls, the ceiling, the floor, and the front door. See yourself in relationship to the other bodies in the room. Then, look around the room and pick a spot that you could potentially go to. Take some time to really see that spot. Imagine your body in that new location. Picture exactly how your body would be (it could be standing, sitting, crouched, lying down, anything). How you would hold your head and your limbs, where you would be in relationship to the walls, the ceiling and the floor, which direction would you be facing? When you have a clear picture get down on your hands and knees and close your eyes. Begin crawling slowly to this new location. Take your time and along the way notice as much as you can about the journey. Feel the texture of the floor, hear the sounds around you, notice the light on our eyelids. If you bump into something or someone try not to panic, keep your eyes closed and notice the interaction and how you negotiate moving through it to continue on your journey. When you think you have arrived in your new spot place yourself in the position you imagined. Even if there are other bodies in the way get as specific as you can about where you imagined being and how you envisioned the placement of your body. Take your time to get it right. With eyes still closed settle into this new spot and this new position of your body. Then, open your eyes and take a look around the room and see how accurate you were. When you feel ready, stand up if you aren’t already and slowly make your way back to your original spot with eyes open, walking. Along the way try to remember as much as you can about the crawling, eyes-closed journey you just made.
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Fri, 13 March 2009
posted by Hana van der Kolk, 03/13/09 This score was originally experienced in this particular form by participants in Feel the Love a Valentine's Day event at Machine Project. Later it appeared as one of four sound pieces (instructions were given to participants on portable headphones) as part of Between People: Four Artists on Connecting, curated by Robby Herbst at David Patton Gallery in Los Angeles in August 2007.
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