in the studio again
June 24th, 2008 maggie
I’m back in the studio, rehearsing and tweaking my “Small Stone” solo for summer performances. That’s the bruise I get on my hip from rolling over and over on the hard floor. I love bruises, from dance and from other activities. I love having evidence on my body of hard work or adventures.
Dancers are social animals, and I’ve always done best with external motivation. So it’s hard choreographing on myself, then being my own director and coach. I run the solo trying to have two voices in my head. The dancer’s voice says plie, plie, turn, stop and also connects me to the emotions of the piece: slow, thick, sad, remember how it felt that summer, hot, dusty, on my bed, rocking back in forth, she’d spoon me and then say “switch” and we’d roll over and I’d spoon her. The coach says slow down, bigger, deeper, layout, go go GO. I’m learning. Read the rest of this entry »
