Embodied Movement Practices / Spring 2022

    I   Warm Up   II   CONCEPTS  Context, Text, and Subtext   Context Often when we think of context, we think of things like the date a work was published, who it was written by, or the climate of the time. But context is very important within your fictive universe as well. Context in this sense is all the grounding and guiding information that the audience needs, such as who the characters are, where they are, what time of day it is, etc. Context can also be any other additional information the audience needs to interpret and accurately understand what is happening in the story.   Question1 How can the artist create context at a personal level when working on a character?   Text Text is the easiest one of the three to understand, because it is what we often focus on the most. The text is the written part of the story, what happens and what is stated on the page. It is everything you see that is not implied. The story-conte...

  I   Warm Up   II   Movement Exploration   III     Activity 1   Create an 8 movements phrase in which each move has:    One direction (direct)  One direction ( indirect)  One weight (light)  One weight (heavy)  One speed (quick)   One speed (sustained)    One flow (bound)  One flow (free).  Question 1   Write your response to this exercise, in terms of how it felt in your body, on Discussion Board. How would this exercise affect your sense of movement embodiment?     IV         Laban’s Eight Effort Actions :     The Eight Effort Actions help clients both physically and emotionally to embody and understand internal impulse while developing an expressive body.    •Wring : •Press •Flick •Dab •Glide •Float •Punch •Slash V Activity 2 Add to your previous movement phrase the efforts listed above (one effort p...

I --------------------------------   Space and Relationship  T he kinesphere is also the container of a cube (containing all diagonal directions and dimensions) and of an icosahedron made by three bi-dimensional planes: it contains angular geometry inside a round geometry.  Question 1 Explain in your own words the meaning of the kinesphere within the Laban's cube?    II ---------------    Diversifying locomotive choices when using the performance space (The Kinesphere and Laban's Cube) Activity 1 Based on their exploration of movement within the cube, students work on adding one more phrase of 8 movements to their previous 8 movements using emotions as reference.  To their now 2 phrases, students add more specific exploration of Laban's 4 components of human movement listed bellow.     III -------------------------- Laban’s Four Components of Human Movement with their Respective Elements :  •Direction – direct/indirect •Weight – hea...

I Warm Up II Review III Breath Connectivity Breath Connectivity IV Athletes breathing versus diaphragmatic breathing. V Walk around the room (Use directions, levels and focus) Now connect with your breath ass you walk. Now move on the inhale and pause on the exhale. Then, move on the exhale and pause on the exhale. Combine the inhales and exhales as you move. Questions 1. Write a reflection on your experience with breath and movement. 2. In which way do you think breath can enhance the quality of your expressive movement?  3. In your opinion, how can we increase our breath connectivity during performance? 4. What would you do from now on to develop your awareness about breath capacity and connectivity? VI Journaling