The process we are now entering poses challenges- how does the intimate and very personal 'me studies' transform into a choreographic work that stands 'alone' so to speak. Today's
workshop draws its inspiration from a statement that Preston-Dunlop
makes in Looking at Dances (1988) with reference to 'kinetic content': to work like a craftsman to refine; being able to gain some distance from the material and see what it 'requires' in order to make choices that clarifies what will be offered to the audience. We revisit choreographic devices as a tool box that allows us to act upon the material. We go back to guided workshops: each dancer chooses three devices and either develops material from the existing or allows the device to generate new.... finding subtleties...
REPETITION
INSTRUMENTATION
RETROGRADING
TEMPO
EMBELLISHMENT
RETROGRADING
TEMPO
EMBELLISHMENT
INVERSION
CHANGE OF LEVELS/PLANES
