Janusz - Week Two

The second week has started. Patrycja was away for couple of days therefore it was just me and Matt working together. Last Friday we did a long improvisation where the main focus was on connection between me as a dancer and Matt as a musician. That was the basic idea but who knew that things could shift into different direction in some moments...

Who is leading?
Is Matt listening to me now or do I need to follow his musical actions and decisions?
Where he will stop playing?
Would I be concentrated enough to stop where he stops?
Am I aloud to go with the music or against it?
What to do to make the movement look different every time?
How not to get stuck in one choreographic idea?
How my body would react to rapid changes in music?
Where does it all end?
Do I have an urge to stop?
Does the movement have to be meaningful or can I just throw it all out?
Should I do what I am told to do or give myself some freedom?

Today Matt left at 3pm. I continued with Charlotte. We began to watch all the videos from last weeks improvisations. Took quite a lot of time to see all of it. Then after watching forth or fifth tape I realized that over first 5 days of working we did A LOT! Every time we took different directions, different tasks, working with voice, with or without violins, trios, duets, some crap (in my opinion) movement section. Mostly very good stuff. If it is about movement or soundtrack. Some things were just perfect (I realized that my movement quality looked a bit different every other day). We have quite a lot of choice if we think about building some structure for the piece...

How much we can fit in 30 minutes of the piece?
What dance should mean?
Is it just “throw away some moves” to end up in total exhaustion?
What if it is just about musicians pushing me to do things?
Would I be manipulated by them and just be aloud to do what I am told?
Should Test Run be only about the act of creating movement, dance?
What about showing the actual process of creating dance?

A good beginning of second week’s work. Patrycja is coming back tomorrow. There were moments when I felt like I need a pair of violins. Missing two violins together in one room. Missing much more that I could ever imagine.

Came back home and did myself a lovely penne with mozzarella cheese, red pepper and mushrooms. I can’t cook very well (many times I think I can’t cook at all) but surprisingly today that tasted quite good. Tomorrow it is time for some potatoes and chicken!

Janusz