{"id":188,"date":"2011-08-04T07:55:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T06:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/?p=188"},"modified":"2021-06-10T17:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:07:09","slug":"rehearsal-day-ii-communication-tools-or-how-to-develop-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/2011\/08\/rehearsal-day-ii-communication-tools-or-how-to-develop-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehearsal Day II (communication tools or how to develop trust)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0<\/address>\n
Temperature: 36\u00b0C<\/address>\n
Humidity: 72%<\/address>\n
Words of\u00a0the\u00a0day: Wo, ni, ta, women, nimen, tamen \/\/ I, you, she\/he, we, you, they<\/address>\n

I\u00a0have decided not to\u00a0use a\u00a0translator in\u00a0the\u00a0rehearsals. My\u00a0departing point is the\u00a0same as\u00a0when I\u00a0choreograph in\u00a0England: direct verbal and\u00a0physical contact with the\u00a0dancers. But obviously here I\u00a0need some \u201cextra\u201d tools to\u00a0help this communication happen:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The\u00a0OxfordEnglish-Chinesedictionary<\/nobr>,<\/li>\n
  2. their\u00a0 little English<\/li>\n
  3. my\u00a0more-than-littleMandarin<\/nobr><\/li>\n
  4. a\u00a0simplified version of\u00a0English language (talking almost in\u00a0infinitives and\u00a0with nouns)<\/li>\n
  5. sounds that physicalize the\u00a0dynamics I\u00a0want them to\u00a0experiment<\/li>\n
  6. my\u00a0actual execution of\u00a0some of\u00a0the\u00a0movements ideas<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I\u00a0haven\u2019t developped any other tool yet. At\u00a0the\u00a0moment those are being very useful. But it is interesting to\u00a0see how each dancer responds better to\u00a0one or\u00a0another, so sometimes the\u00a0same thing has to\u00a0be expressed via more than one of\u00a0those tools. I\u00a0really enjoy having to\u00a0do this, as\u00a0it forces me to\u00a0understand deeper the\u00a0movement, the\u00a0task I\u2019m giving to\u00a0them.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>
    \u00a9 Avat\u00e2ra Ayuso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    From the\u00a0first rehearsal day I\u00a0told them this was going to\u00a0be a\u00a0piece created in\u00a0co-operation<\/nobr>: I\u00a0will take all final decisions and\u00a0lead the\u00a0rehearsals, but I\u00a0expect them to\u00a0be active in\u00a0the\u00a0creative process, as\u00a0I\u00a0don\u2019t want replicas of\u00a0myself. And\u00a0above all, I\u00a0want them to\u00a0constantly talk to\u00a0me (to\u00a0us), to\u00a0know what they feel while executing the\u00a0tasks.\u00a0All this means, that still we haven\u2019t set any material. At\u00a0the\u00a0moment, my\u00a0only priority is to\u00a0get to\u00a0know them: to\u00a0see what their skills and\u00a0weaknesses are (so I\u00a0can work on\u00a0it) and\u00a0to\u00a0study how they deal with improvisation and\u00a0contact.\u00a0 I\u00a0basically want to\u00a0give them time to\u00a0know me as\u00a0well (how I\u00a0think, how I\u00a0lead the\u00a0group, what I\u2019m looking for). I\u00a0just want them to\u00a0dare to\u00a0trust me as\u00a0much as\u00a0I\u00a0want to\u00a0trust them.<\/p>\n

    After watching them for\u00a0two days now, I\u00a0can confirm their dance training is very different. There are two clear styles here that are being confronted: the\u00a0one of\u00a0the\u00a07 Taiwanese dancers and\u00a0the\u00a0one of\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a07 dancers from Mainland China. They all are working together very well, trying to\u00a0know their physicality better. The\u00a0big challenge I\u00a0have now during these 11 days is to\u00a0try to\u00a0find a\u00a0harmony in\u00a0their movement, a\u00a0common land where their personality is not erased, on\u00a0the\u00a0contrary, where they can express themselves via different movement qualities, new body relationships.<\/p>\n

    Avat\u00e2ra<\/p>\n

    P.S. Hopefully by\u00a0the\u00a0end of\u00a0this week I\u00a0will be able to\u00a0pronounce and\u00a0remember their 14 mandarin names!<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>
    Dancers from Beijing in\u00a0Taipei \u00a9 Avat\u00e2ra Ayuso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0 Temperature: 36\u00b0C Humidity: 72% Words of\u00a0the\u00a0day: Wo, ni, ta, women, nimen, tamen \/\/ I, you, she\/he, we, you, they I\u00a0have decided not to\u00a0use a\u00a0translator in\u00a0the\u00a0rehearsals. My\u00a0departing point is the\u00a0same as\u00a0when I\u00a0choreograph in\u00a0England: direct verbal and\u00a0physical contact with the\u00a0dancers. But… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}