Moving from general to specific and detailed body expression

 

 Structuring your expressive movement proposition.

 


Movement Direction: Creating Character

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The Score

vs.

The Blocking

 The term "dance score," or movement score, refers to notations showing sequences of movements performers are supposed to use that is, they are documents showing choreography.


Blocking is the precise staging of actors in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera. ... During the blocking rehearsal, the assistant director, stage manager or director takes notes about where the actors are positioned and their movement on stage.

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Activity 1

Students will create a sequence of movements (using extreme of consciousness) which they will be able to remember. Their 8 movement phrase will be the result of the three aspects of the extra-daily techniques listed bellow.


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A Dictionary of Theater Anthropology 

Link:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dictionary_of_Theatre_Anthropology/BUAAZMWm1WQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=extra-daily

Extra-Daily Techniques (pg. 5)

The performers work is the result of the fusion of three aspects:

1. The performer's personalities, sensibilities, artistic intelligence, social personae,  uniqueness.

2. Traditions and social historical contexts.

3. Use of physiology according to extra daily techniques


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Comments

  1. Caroline M.September 28, 2021 at 12:07 PM

    This last class was very Challenged, hard and extiting. How does our body works when we take it out of its comfort zone and do things we are not used to? I ended up very tired, I had not exercised for several months my body and I felt as if I had finished a long training workout. About the experience of exploring movements at the beginning I just really didn’t know what to do on that moment. On the first movements I just tried to imagine ballet dancers and create my own movement, on the last 4 movements I just let my body does what it feels was according with the first movements. I felt free, I felt good letting my body just enjoy what was happening. I hope I could use this experience when I’m singing.

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