The workshop was invigorating and renewing. From the start, I felt like I was being re-introduced to my body and how it could move. Perhaps that feeling was amplified by the fact that we've been in rehearsal and working with our own distinct process and preferences since November. The change in perspective was welcome!
My most striking self-observation:
As a mover/dancemaker, I realized that I most often deal with the vertical or being in a standing position vs. on the floor or in the horizontal. (Maybe this is residue from years of figure skating?) It is my new goal to explore the floor & different centers of gravity.
At the end of the workshop, Paloma asked everyone to take a moment to write down a description of their personal movement style. I found this very difficult despite the four hours of movement work! I didn't want to share mine, but when I told Paloma after the workshop, she begged me to. So now I'm going to be very honest. The first word that popped into my head:
constipated
Ok, I admitted it! Now it's your turn!
I think part of what made Paloma's workshop so successful for me was that she was constantly emphasizing being open to whatever came to you-- she continuously reminded us to "let your mind go wherever it wants" and that "interesting things happen in a short time" and to "allow things to show themselves" ... this really helped me stop that over-thinking/judgmental mode I can sometimes get into when doing this kind of work (especially when working with people I've never met before) and freed me to explore whatever came my way..
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this is all that came to me when asked to describe my movement style (although tonight at rehearsal I think showed that my style may be linked to melissa's a little :)
highly influenced by fencing, music, and emotion