Thoughts from the exploration.

I think you can create a duet with objects but it must be the main theme throughout. Taking the object and placing it in different spaces causes a shift in how daring you can beat and it also changes the object itself. I think I preferred the duet exploration with the chair more than the body part improvisation, because there was more possibilities of movement and I never ran out of ideas. But I don't know whether the chair duet ended up being movement decoration around the chair?

Body part duets Nora and I

Stair duet with Hannah

Chair Duets in Studio with Hannah

Chair Duet in Corridor Shannon and I

Exploration of the duet form.

Kayte Coe gave us two scores to explore the duet form, one involved a conversation between two body parts of different people and the other a duet with a chair. These are some videos from that exploration....

What is a duet?

A duet is a composition of two performers or a pair. Do two performers have to be in constant unison for it to be classed as a duet? Or can they compliment and Contrast? A duet is about more than just two people dancing in the space at the same time. A duet is like a conversation is needs two. How much do two performers have to be in connection for it to be a duet before they just become two people in the same place at the same time?

A pair-
a bride and groom-
a racehorse and it's rider
a knife and fork,
interlocking parts,
egg and bacon.........

there are many different types of pairs, ones that piece together to make a bigger picture, ones that are completely opposite but are a great combination, ones that can't work without the other and ones that are so different that's what relates them.