Today we shared a passage from Jessie Coles ‘ Staying’ ( Page 248) to explore the idea of trauma within a character. We discussed how and what trauma can be and places in the body and environment that can accommodate and hold trauma.
We began a 'Together and Alone' dance series with guest dancer Rebekah Stuart dancing with Mark Wilson. Her energy and capacity to be bold and wild helped model how far the students can go in an abstract way.
When we
gave the teen actors scripted text to include in their dance the dialogue came alive
with a great sense of movement and choreography.
Rebekah was
impressed by how authentic the dialogue sounded and how easily it was taken up
by the young actors. All the dancing had paid off in allowing the body to drive the performance over the text/mind.
