The workshop wasn't very
helpful for me. Part of it was due to my shyness--it's quite confining. I
couldn't get comfortable moving around and doing what Joan Laage was asking of
us. I wasn't certain what the best way to move would be, and I ended up trying
to find the perfect solution to the problems. That made it more analytical, and
I think with movement it can benefit to have some kind of instinct, to not be
so methodical about it? At least in the early stages when you're just figuring
things out. Even in the moments when my inhibitions weren't as big of a
problem, the exercises didn't do much to assist my process. I don't understand
the whole interpretive dance things we were doing so it just felt bizarre. I
guess it helped in that I realised just how awkward movement can be? I learned
that you can do lamer things than fall down some stairs--you could crawl on the
floor pretending to be a zombie rose. I'm sure Laage is wonderful at what she
does and it's nothing on her part, I'm just so far removed from dance and performance
that the workshop made me feel estranged.
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