A skill I am using a lot is describing while I am moving. It helps the dancers know about what they can't see through the screen. I so this when creating in-studio also but I think that that is as much for myself to clarify to myself what and how I am searching for the movement we are creating. Describing while moving (when online) is more for the dancers. It doesn't seem to be so difficult for them to pick up on the body shapes and directions. The describing seems to be bringing us to the same realm for interpretation. For example: My hands are on my shoulders. I slowly reach my arms sideways away from each other. While doing this I say: my breath is pulsing in my upper back. that energizes my shoulders to widen, my elbows to unfold, my skin stretches over bones, fingers reach outwards".
yes, i like how you do this describing in the studio and i think it would be a great gift in the online situation where we can't really see one another.
i often try describing as a development tool for new material. i believe we have practiced that skill in your classes, Maxine. what am i doing and why? calling myself out. letting language direct movement and movement direct language.
A skill I am using a lot is describing while I am moving. It helps the dancers know about what they can't see through the screen. I so this when creating in-studio also but I think that that is as much for myself to clarify to myself what and how I am searching for the movement we are creating. Describing while moving (when online) is more for the dancers. It doesn't seem to be so difficult for them to pick up on the body shapes and directions. The describing seems to be bringing us to the same realm for interpretation. For example: My hands are on my shoulders. I slowly reach my arms sideways away from each other. While doing this I say: my breath is pulsing in my upper back. that energizes my shoulders to widen, my elbows to unfold, my skin stretches over bones, fingers reach outwards".