We are 'really dancing again', Keith Jarrettt in the background.... we discuss 'improvisation' and following the 'moment'...some interesting question arise...how do I identify the state of 'dance' (AG)... use the state of dance to reveal 'things' (MK) and to share them.... heated discussion, although we mean to be practising, about words and terminology...Again much discussion on 'choreography' as a writable subject...(what does the word γραφω, actually 'mean', does it have a wider application which is then delimnitd by the preffix that preceeds it i.e ζο-γραφο, χορογραφω), what do we mean by ecstatic? how is choreography a 'thought' yet 'not rational'..... what does this have to do with standing up and doing something! All good questions.... useful distinctions MK calls it. ... to let dance 'stand' on itself....
More strategies...examples of the how.... what would such a practice look like, 'in conversation' between the choreographer and the dancer, over a time, a series of proposals and counter proposals...
Second proposal: necessary changes.... if you need to stop, and listen 'in' as long as it takes, and then if something needs to change (nothing ever stays the same, stillness requires energy), dont be still wait for the change to come....(this can also apply to performance)... transitions
phases between, it is about getting lost, calm your own noise.
Third proposal: craddling the unknown. Get over existing patterns. Don't close everything off (the instinct to). Break the habitual aspects of your dancing. Like Kaspar Aus (Daghdag artist) who re-choreographed his family pattterns. The 'state' of dance is unknown (which is why Alexandra asked earlier, 'how do we know this is a state of dance' ). Ahh I interrupt...Murakami comes to mind, Thoughts whilst running...(that may not be the totally correct title)... again, reference is made to cognitive science (Nefeli) and primary and secondary metaphors...and the physical conditions of language. Back to craddling, give yourself the task that everything you do is incredibly uncomfortable because it is 'known', so you find the 'unknown' (the unpainful) and then you 'craddle' it and when it becomes known you need to get out it...and find the new unknown... letting the outside eye go (echoes to John Paul), losing 'shame' (both use that term) as you are concerned with something else.... how do you dance differently? Open up the safety, find and show other options, things can be different...safe to be different.... he speaks of the responsibility to open up... it is about a leading role (are we speaking of salvation again? or revelations?) ... strong social role... 'are we absolutely clear'? he asks, 'are we going to move'? (his question to the group).
bottom line: how to set a process, how do you sustain it?
