Mon October 1 D/D notes

Monday 10/1 D/D notes – Damaris
AUNTS IN YOUR PANTS

Evening Format:
6:30 – 7:15 Sitting and Personal awareness practice
7:15 – 7:35 Solo Quads (20 min improv)
7:35 – 9:00 Exercises
9:30 - 10:00 Announcement/Discussion

Coming out of warm-up you can claim a quad as we make the transition to quad solo work. Tonight we will only spend 20 min in quad –

BD’s Desert Winds Quad Menu Scott Smallwood music- 20 minutes, BME called
Ensemble
BD specified beg, middle, end
Scott Smallwood desert wind track which BD turned on and off (might be interesting to start at another place in the track?)
20 minutes Solo quads with everything the culture has brought to it…

Soundscape influenced, a desolate quality in desert wind sound.
Trends of humming from Tyler “this is almost the end”.
BD asks to be coached as she enters, Eliza says yes, and enters BD”s quad w/ her
Katharine asks watchers for specific verbal support
What is influence? Katharine & Laurie’s on all 4s in separate quads, Laurie & Erika’s slow mo walk in separate quads. BD calls end for her solo, then Eliza (who had been coaching her) took her quad but it felt like she continued working with some of BD’s imagery. At the end Carol and Erika were the only two in a quad. Carol was hot and wanted to take her sweater off, but the black sweater was covering her pink top. This became a verbal struggle, which Erika joined. At the end Carol and Erika had turned their quads into two corridors (us/ds) and were racing back and forth. Moments of beautiful serendipity, a dynamic dance. BD called beg, middle, end to each section of the quad.
Now in the domain of making AUNTS


Post AUNT discussion;
BD What happened an evolution the system evolved between
Carol and Erika a ground has been laid and then they took it and went. Director takes responsibility for duration.
A thing I hope we can develop is a notion of consensus that “it’s over”. In this case the sound environment helped. Also calling beginning, middle, end. The duet of Carl and Erika, these were all things that supported that. In this there was a beginning of some kind of dialogue between watchers and soloists WATCH FOR instincts to do something, but then holding back from the impulse. Tremendous intelligence to do so, have that restraint, but at the same time, being true to following where the SYSTEM needs to explore.
KK I feel trust is being developed that allows me to call out to the audience
BD possibilities, visions, inspirations- each person could make a list of the places in their lives that these happen.

On Decorum:
BD Being witnessed is very important, but leave to g to the bathroom when you need, maybe then we’ll get more used to the door of the studio opening and closing, it’s not so precious.

BD models an AUNT

BD’s America the Beautiful Menu, BD call B M E
Five in a flock/swarm
Every once in a while someone falls, and then all fall
Another person is laying pebble rocks from a basket, demarcating space – this line of rocks the flock cannot cross
The pebble layer sings “America the Beautiful” and must finish laying all the rocks in the basket by the time the song is over.
Another person coaches the singing of the rock layer

Post AUNT discussion;
Revision of some instructions from the inside. After AUNT is created, the creator has first dibs on revisiting, then the AUNT is opened to the ensemble.
Q Can the creator of an AUNT claim that no one touches hers?
BD Hmm, not sure
BD You can bring music costumes and props for your AUNT, but they may show up again in another AUNT. Waiting is an essential value of the culture. We’re willing to wait until we know what to do. Waiting cuts anxiety.

Eliza’s Rouge Drag Menu, Soundscore Eric Satie
Damaris, Tyler, Barbara, Bobby, Cara
One corridor in the middle (about 1/3rd of the studio)
Work with
Foreground and background
Drag, pour, fall, carry
Delayed influence

Bobby’s Guardian Angels Menu,
Speakers: Laurie, Carol, Tyler,
Movers: Christa, Eliza, Katharine
3Threee speakers usr with no movement. Each one is the guardian/responsible for one of the soloists who are dsl. Speakers give instructions (like directing a solo) regarding gaze, tempo, etc.
Bobby calls B M, speaker calls End

This resulted in three different endings!

Post AUNT discussion;
Feedback from the inside and director’s intentions.

BD revisits Bobby’s Guardian Angels Menu,
Speakers: Laurie, Carol, Tyler,
Movers: Christa, Eliza, Katharine
Same spatial arrangement
BD instructs speakers to repeat any of the instructions they gave before (regardless of what their soloist is doing)
Start with the movement trio formation facing ds. Pick up, put down influence and gaze without effort.

Cara’s Little Bunnies Menu, sections called by Cara
Damaris, Carol, Erika
Part One: Each in one of three parallel us/ds (corridors, work with delayed influence
Part Two: Two (not determined who) duet in one corridor, 3rd watches and uses, and reacts to influence vocally/verbally
Part Three: All switch places from their original corridor (but each back in a separate corridor) using retrieval of any movement or moments explored thus far in this AUNT

Post AUNT discussion;
Feedback from the inside and director’s intentions.
BD We’ll continue from here with an understanding that we’re trying to retrieve some of this material. The system isn’t firing into newness all the time, that’s not sustainable – it’ll burn out. Recycling. Some from our direct perception and some from intuition. Not to have to be clever and original.
KK It’s so relaxing to hear you say that. I was already thinking “I wonder what I could figure out for next time..”
BD Yes, there’s no need to float the AUNT up in the sky, we can just change her handbag.


Housekeeping
Cara not here next week. Erika leaves straight to the airport
Carol might not be able to continue with the project, wants to respect group, but asks for some time to figure it out.
Blog set up talk