Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Environment Governs Movement

Are the external constraints of environment and space upon our dancing of stronger influence than that which we internalise, our emotions and mental state, that inevitably reflect themselves in dance?

          My car-dancing is an example of experimentation to see how the environment we place ourselves in can dictate our movements in dance. 

          A person in a wheelchair is not at first seen to have the expected physique of a dancer, nor would it be fair to place a dancer in handcuffs, a costume too tight, or a sling or bandage of any kind. I have now come full circle, form the starting point at which I was considering the external constraints upon the movements of a puppet; the strings by which he is held dictate his freedom of movement. I considered experimenting with dancing with my feet anchored by elastic to the wall, to play with tension and how that restricted my momentum in dance.

No comments:

Post a Comment