Friday 4 July 2014

Androniki Marathaki, 4th July 2014

Movement unconscious made conscious. Consciousness/awareness brings clarity of what is at our disposal. Androniki takes us through a slow awakening of eyes, joints, legs, even voice in relation to the space.  The scale of the movement increases as speed is gradually increased, then the amount of space made available increases...but all motion is relative to observation of the space- there is an intentionality of the movement in relation to the space - Androniki speaks of journeys taht begin to take place...80%, 90% 100% until it is not possible to continue, 'your choice' .. Objects are brought in to the space - to engage with them 'ordinarily', playing with them, trying to 'understand' the movement in relation to it/them: move it, move yourself, move with it...observe yourself with the object/material....observe yourself iin moving, without losing purpose - try for the movement to become an outcome from the engagement with the object (the purpose).... Play, find the game with it, explore possibilities - with different body parts, cahnging levels, what about trying to meet an 'impossibility' , set/discover a challenge, ordinary/extraordinary shifts (again). ...  let the knowledge of dancing /choreographic begin to exist together with your ordinary engagement with the object.... it is not what you do, but how you deal with the consequences of the choice...

Thoughts on the go:



[Maria]
The stick is an extension of my limbs. It comes in and out. It intertwines, extends, and draws lines.
It's a game with myself; a kind of primal exercise.

[Cristina]
Hay 5 piedras que estan ahi. Ellas me mueven en linea mientras que solo pienso en moverlas a ellas. Me encierran en un circulo que me abre dimensiones. Finalmente solo estoy, pasiva como la piedra misma.

[Marili]
El papel de periodico fue el ultimo objeto con cual experimente, me intereso su versatilidad y liviandad. El juego que inicie al igual que los otros requiso la limitacion del uso de las manos. La idea de manipular objetos toma una cualidad ludica en el momento que evado el uso de las manos.

[Vicky]
Me and the Paper.....
A new relationship is born!!! I now love to read and then ... play with my newspaper!!!

[Olga]
Φυσάω και πετάω....αδειάζω στο χώρο και ξαναρχίζω - κολλάει ένα μικρό κομμάτι στο πέλμα μου κ με παρακινεί σε χορό άγνωστο και οικείο.



We experiment with gold-leaf -  and sound voice=slow, silence=speed, tryng to find new nuances to 'the game'. Ten minutes are given to return to the original object and clarify the 'game' and its features (space, levels, focus, etc).  The energy of the group is palpably higher.    We discuss each other's rules adn we pass them on.  We now explore the rule of the other with the original object... We witness in teams - each collaboration discussses what ahooened in the giving and taking of the rules - we discuss aiming to refine - not correct....  see if an aspect of the rule was not prsent- how to direct for this features to emerge.  We pair up again, both people share a rule and vice versa...