In choreography today we watched Merce Cunningham Dance Company at BAM: Split Sides (Silas Riener sol.) We were asked to look into what aspects we thought he had manipulated through the use of chance methods. After watching the video a few times I noticed a pattern forming in the dynamics used, they would be either floppy and soft or then suddenly sharp and strong. To me it looked clear that he had used chance to develop the dynamics within the dance.
The next task was to create a short motif using the range of dynamics Merce Cunningham had used in the piece. I decided to use the same soft and floppy movement, by sinking my body down to the floor. But then contradicting this by using different dynamics making them sharp, and using different movement material each time. I found this exorcise useful because I gained the knowledge that by using more than one dynamic in my work makes it more appealing to the audience.
At the end of the class we were given a short task to pick an object and then dance in a way that the object influenced us to. I chose a radiator and used the visuals of the object such as the lines, making my work quite lineal. However being a radiator came across as quite comical at times as I also interpreted the water rushing round and heating up. I was amazed at how much movement material I could generate just by looking at an object. I feel that this could be something I could use when creating work when it becomes difficult to generate new material.
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