SPACE...

Warming up with some of Anna Halprin's Movement Ritual. Opening the spine and releasing the breath. Then, engaging the diaphragm. Working with partners. "Punching" the gut, locating the sound from down low. Use the core, not the throat.


A N I N T R O D U C T I O N
I briefly went over The Six Viewpoint Theory. Most of what was gone over is published in the previous post. We decided to briefly experience each of the six viewpoints. Shifting through each lens. space....shape....time....emotion.....movement.....story.... Isolating and Identifying Individuals.

S P A C E F O R T H E O P E N S C O R E
Some of the feedback heard during reflection:

A lot of good moments in improvisation.
Folding layers of the membrane.
Feeling more connected to the group, to the room.
The joy of naming things. Maybe, the joy of learning someone or something's name.
Returning. Returning to the columns. Returning to the awareness of space.
The business of space.
becoming aware of how you use it as a material.
Performance as painting. Space on the paper. Space in the room.
Noticing the other viewpoints. Time, Duration, Story.

Photo by Ivan Mayes, "Vessel" workshop in Hesperus, CO

M E D I T A T I O N
Noticing the phenomenon of becoming an observer and a participant within performance. Versus the pressure to be a creator, and originator, to tango with the ego. It was brought up by someone that their experience of working with the vocabulary was in a parallel with Buddhist philosophy. I've often equated the discipline to isolating the materials to meditation. We are used to constantly operating with all six, perhaps in a hierarchy. It is like training the mind to be still and silent. It is like training the mind to observe the chatter. It is like training the body to see and feel only one material, rather than all six.

Photo by Amelia Charter

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Photo by Amelia Charter, Six Viewpoints Installation Sculptural Artifact