First trip to the Tate LONDON!!!

This was my first trip to the Tate London and to be honest I was pretty reluctant as to whether I would enjoy it. I had previously been to the Tate in St.Ives when I was much younger, there was alot of crazy sculptures I didn't get and contemporary art that I could have not appreciated at that age. But I was willing to give it another go and just being in London is just wonderful! 

A few photos from the visit that inspired me within my movement curiosities for November. While we were there in November, the Tate has opened up The Tanks- a place where artists could display their performative  art. I gained alot of inspiration from these installations but one that stood out was an idea that inspired me for our FMP. There was two light projectors and two screens that crossed over, people were allowed to create shadows and it wouldn't just reflect off one screen but onto the other. The bodies creating repetitive shadows reminded me of an old dance film where you had many dancers doing all movements in unison and create like an optical illusion...But with our FMP we are looking at the collaboration between dance and photography ... so thought this maybe a great idea to look how dance could be captured through just the silhouette. .... maybe using photographs or bodies/lights and screens....

 

Duet Words

On our choreographic day during reading week Kayte gave us a handout called the 86 aspects of composition by Mike Vargas. From this in out duet we had to choose words that stood out to us. Shannon and I choose sensation, perception and colour. The one that drew most of my attention was sensation, because as an individual we all experience different emotions through different activities whether its walking the dog or bungee jumping. But its the way we perceive the sensation we get from that experience, that shapes us as people. This then led onto themes for our duet and one word that summoned all three of these words up was individuality. The way we perceive the world, experience sensations and see the colours in peoples is all about individuality. From this we decided to go down the route of Anna Halprin and how she believes that you don't have to be trained to be dance. It's more about the experiences and personality you bring to the dancing rather than your flexibility and strength.