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Rock Moves & Container Movement

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This excerpt begins with a section called "Rock Moves." I stole dance moves from various live music performers (Tina Turner, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, ...
This excerpt begins with a section called "Rock Moves." I stole dance moves from various live music performers (Tina Turner, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Kim Gordon, Ari Up from the Slits, Jim Morrison), altered them, and composed them into a movement phrase. The second section of this excerpt is called "Container Movement" and begins after we complete the unison lunges with arms reaching forward. In rehearsal, the dancers responded to the following instruction: move within a container. We improvised individually based on this instruction, each keeping in mind the temperature, texture, malleability (or lack of), and other qualities of our containers. Each of us determined the specific qualities of our individual containers. Then, I layered the individual container movements. The five of us dance through each of our imaginary containers simultaneously, within a single room, moving through invisible architecture within a built space. Less
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