I heard people saying that Dance Improvisation classes
are one of the most interesting of all, so during the Christmas holidays
I was waiting, waiting and waiting for it… Although, I had the feeling that it is not going to be easy … Probably that’s why my inner voice kept saying to me to prepare myself for a new challenge. One week before dance improvisation, we had the intensive week with choreographer from Canada whose works are kind of based on improvisation, I remember me thinking, “Well, maybe, it’s [improvisation] not such a hard thing to do!” [Of course now, I regret for that thought!] But THEN I attend my first class!!!
First of all, I wish all the readings would be such an alluring and gripping, and inspiring as well. (Everyday I think about these words I read in Composing while dancing: An improviser’s companion book, “Find a practice that interests you, GO . . . and keep going!” (Buckwalter, 2010, 159)) But, let’s come back to the point where I said that I regret of my thoughts… The very first lecture and the reading list extended my understanding and I can’t stop thinking what a deep ocean is the dance and/or improvisation in general! How naïve I was, when I thought that one intensive week gained me a little knowledge about dance improvisation art. Now I can tell that many currents are there in the ocean! In other words, currents are endless practice and experience which belong to the ocean of dance and I must to try and find and sense them as many as possible! Why? Because: first three hours in studio were enough to evaluate bean bags’ usage. However, it took one week to think about the questions we got to reflect on the practice with those. But every time I go back to these questions and to that lesson, I always find something new. I don’t have exact and correct answers. All the time I interpret things differently. And that’s a strange and a new thing for me. It is like absolutely new experience. And I enjoy catching me thinking and searching for those answers and/or meanings. Probably, I secretly believe that it shows my growth of the dance as an art idea. Unless, I hope it is. And I want to keep growing on that…
Bibliography
Buckwalter, M. (2010)Composing while dancing: An improviser’s companion. Madison, Wis: The University of Wisconsin Press. 156-160.