IT's BEEN A WHILE

Blogging has been on my mind but not so easy to turn my hand to this term.
A bit like I have to choose between experiencing or blogging, like in DV8's "Can we talk about this" do i watch the movement or listen to the dense, verbatim text? It's hard to choose and i'm sure that's the point in this politically driven piece but can I be 'moved' by their movement or just their words. I was amazed by their dancing but was left wondering why it had to be 80 mins when they had said it in less, why dance is dominated by solos and duos, where the climax was and why when they bow there is no sense of achievement in their bodies. Do they lack complicity? of course they have a working relationship that relies on safety, trust, perfect timing and syncranisity but I think true complicity is more.  It touches and infects the audience in a different way to the qualities that circus and dance troupes have. It is a delight to be onstage with that person in front of all of us. It is boyant and alive (why is it all the words that I like at the moment get rejected by my spell check!)  

Interestingly the research part of my course has been very stimulating. My group is looking at Voice and Movement in actor training taught through play. Which is why the DV8 production is on my mind as I become more interested in voice and movement and how they can enhance each other.

I'm still not sure what movement direction is too me, mainly because as a director I come at all work from the movement, the feelings, the reason to move in a very light way which links mainly to game. So as a director I am a movement director but this is not the way in everyone's eyes. This is exciting but all also confusing when I try to single out the movement and I always return to voice, emotion, game, relationship, game....  on my journey.

Pedagog - I demonstrate less, I work with clarity, imagery (still finding the balance of what works for me and what works for them on this), I see them more and more. I encourage them to take space in the room and exist without me, hence less demonstration.  I tune in with their rhythm more and more.

I love this city actually, surprisingly.