baby makes three

I was trying to think of ways to begin working on The Trio after rehearsal on sunday. I think that rather than trying to decide "who" we are going to be--which can be limiting later on--we should just have a general idea/feeling about our character. I'd like it if we each came in with our own short phrase. It doesnt have to be what your person is like all the time, just something that you like and want to work with. We could share them and maybe pick one to start with.

So person A would do their phrase, and person B would then find a way to get over to them (it could be your phrase, or based on someone else's movement, totally improvised, etc.) Then person A and person B would take turns interacting. You know that thing where someone does a move and then someone else adds a move until you have a long phrase? Kind of like that except you're making a duet so its all about how you react to what the other person does. We did this in one of my comp classes and it worked out pretty well.

The good thing is that it is totally open to anything. You can touch or dance close or be far apart, etc. The main thing is that you are aware of each other. And because you can talk, we could try new things or more interactive things.

So maybe since it will just be 2 of us on sunday we can try to do this and see what happens? We just have to remember to keep going back so we remember it.

Also, since a big part of The Trio is about interacting, we don't have to worry too much about concepts or meaning as we do this. Once we have the movement down we can go back and analyze it when we go back into it to add the third person.

If you have other ideas please post. I just remembered this and thought it could be a very productive exercise because in a way it simulates getting to know another person. You never really know what the other person is going to do in response to your movement so the directions the dance takes are new you learn as you go.

Sound good?




p.s. dont read into the title.