Embodied Movement Practices

 I     Question 1   Where is movement performed ? Why?     II   Elements of Space   Place:   self - space/general space (also called personal / shared)   Size:   big/small, near/ far   Level:    high , middle, low   Direction:   forward, backward, right, left, up, down, diagonal   Pathway:   curved, straight, zig zag   Focus:   single focus or multi focus     Link:  The Elements of Dance: Dance Concepts     Question 2 How would used the elements of space described above to describe your solo piece?       III Activity 1 After learning all the elements of space, create an 8 movements phrase in which you use all the elements. Record it and post it on Discussion Board.      I V   System of Wants      What is it that I want when I say .....  Actors neve...

  I   CONCEPTS  Context, Text, and Subtext Constructure, Structure, Substructure   Context Often when we think of context, we think of things like the date a work was published, who it was written by, or the climate of the time. But context is very important within your fictive universe as well. Context in this sense is all the grounding and guiding information that the audience needs, such as who the characters are, where they are, what time of day it is, etc. Context can also be any other additional information the audience needs to interpret and accurately understand what is happening in the story.   Question 1 How can the artist create context at a personal level when working on a character?   Text Text is the easiest one of the three to understand, because it is what we often focus on the most. The text is the written part of the story, what happens and what is stated on the page. It is everything you see that is not implied. The stor...

  I Demonstration of the ending part of the structuring process. Performance Piece: The Power of Expression Jorge L. Morejon The Healing Power of Expression: A Journey through Trauma, Pain, and Transformation , is a piece commissioned by The Renfrew Center Foundation for Eating Disorders  in collaboration with Susan Kleinman, BC-DMT. The piece was produced by Adrienne Ressler, LMSW-CEDS at the Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders, Florida. The piece was specially choreographed for the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Conference (iaedp) on  February 28, 2014 in St. Petersburg, Florida. It has been performed multiple times nationally and internationally. The last performance of the piece took place during the Opening of the  the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) 54th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, October 17-20, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Miami. II Continuation of the process of structuring solo pieces.  III St...