In Half-Open Lips, I worked with ‘position’ (physical, emotional, intellectual and symbolic positions expressed through movement) and then with ‘transition’. The transition sequences were initiated first from the eyes and seeing, then from the ears and hearing and finally from the feet and sensations, bringing them together in my final dance. Eleanor followed the same score in her violin playing.
In Half-Open Lips, I was a young girl; a model; an old woman; I echoed the posture of the sculpted woman; I deliberately moved with my shadow and moved my fingers in relation to the image of my own hands magnified and projected on the video, at the close of the piece.
Video: Dave West
In Half-Open Lips, I was a young girl; a model; an old woman; I echoed the posture of the sculpted woman; I deliberately moved with my shadow and moved my fingers in relation to the image of my own hands magnified and projected on the video, at the close of the piece.
Video: Dave West
Video: Dave West
Transition and Position in Java
I began to notice the stillness and motion in the
nature around us, the bamboo rustling as a gust of wind came through or the
stillness of a stone and my own movement in dialogue with those sensations. I
noticed how my choices could be influenced by someone else moving past me or by
someone that I wanted to find across the space. Previously unseen ulterior
motives in my movement began to manifest, particularly during moments of tedium within the exercise. Awareness through movement made me more transparent to myself, revealing my attitudes through movement. (Sandra Reeve)
I began to notice the stillness and motion in the
nature around us, the bamboo rustling as a gust of wind came through or the
stillness of a stone and my own movement in dialogue with those sensations. I
noticed how my choices could be influenced by someone else moving past me or by
someone that I wanted to find across the space. Previously unseen ulterior
motives in my movement began to manifest, particularly during moments of tedium within the exercise. Awareness through movement made me more transparent to myself, revealing my attitudes through movement. (Sandra Reeve)
