{"id":78,"date":"2013-07-20T14:50:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescen.net\/blog5\/?p=78"},"modified":"2021-06-11T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T08:50:40","slug":"choreographers-workshop-19th-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog5\/2013\/07\/choreographers-workshop-19th-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Choreographers&#8217; workshop 19th July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ArtsCross began on\u00a0Friday morning with Chris leading the\u00a0choreographers (bar two, still in\u00a0transit) in\u00a0a\u00a0workshop. It\u2019s a\u00a0privilege to\u00a0be able to\u00a0watch the\u00a0process from the\u00a0very beginning this year, and\u00a0even more so, to\u00a0do so with the\u00a0rich background of\u00a0the\u00a0projects Beijing and\u00a0Taipei instalments underpinning it.<\/p>\n<p>It starts in\u00a0a\u00a0gentle, theatrical way. Across the\u00a0performing arts, many of\u00a0us will have done an\u00a0exercise like this, although maybe not so often will we have found the\u00a0finesse and\u00a0variation in\u00a0it that appears this morning! Chris invites all of\u00a0the\u00a0choreographers to\u00a0\u2018write\u2019 their name with their bodies. This could be a\u00a0movement response to\u00a0its sound, or\u00a0a\u00a0physicalisation of\u00a0written characters. They show them, and\u00a0there\u2019s a\u00a0real joy in\u00a0the\u00a0immediate presence of\u00a0differing vocal tones, alphabet, signs and\u00a0calligraphy moving and\u00a0resounding through their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>They are then invited to\u00a0adapt these patterns and\u00a0gestures and\u00a0begin to\u00a0move them around the\u00a0room. They can walk, pause for\u00a0ten seconds, copy someone else, pause\u2026and\u00a0then they are off. He doesn\u2019t really need to\u00a0talk much more. Across their different styles, contexts, languages and\u00a0cultures, the\u00a0group find a\u00a0fluid and\u00a0collaborative form, flocking, leaning, separating, and\u00a0hesitating. They sink and\u00a0rise together, lowering and\u00a0lifting one another from the\u00a0ground. Vera Tussing takes Mr Guo for\u00a0a\u00a0walk, Mr Guo sinks. Vera sinks with him. Su Weichia runs towards them, hesitates behind their rising torsos, jogs backwards and\u00a0Zhao Liang jogs with him. They turn in\u00a0a\u00a0broad arc, and\u00a0pick up Eddie Nixon\u2019s eddying arm. What would the\u00a0algorithm for\u00a0this be? It\u2019s like the\u00a0movement of\u00a0a\u00a0flock of\u00a0birds, collective, but individual, like starlings over Brighton pier.<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ArtsCross 2013 Choreographers\u2019 workshop 19.07.13\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/70693668?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"642\" height=\"361\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Later, Chris sits with the\u00a0choreographers in\u00a0a\u00a0circle. He lays down \u2018the\u00a0rules\u2019. They must work with a\u00a0dancer from each city, and\u00a0work with no less than three and\u00a0no more than six of\u00a0them. I\u00a0seem to\u00a0remember that he began some of\u00a0the\u00a0Taipei sessions with this dictum of\u00a0Stravinsky\u2019s \u2013 the\u00a0more rules, the\u00a0more possibilities; freedom in\u00a0form. As\u00a0he talks, one can observe them begin to\u00a0think into the\u00a0process. You can see their eyes moving between Chris as\u00a0he talks and\u00a0some inner space where the\u00a0choreography is perhaps already beginning to\u00a0take place, even in\u00a0the\u00a0absence of\u00a0bodies. Maybe the\u00a0movement they\u2019ve just made together will feed into this, or\u00a0maybe just the\u00a0feeling or\u00a0idea of\u00a0how to\u00a0pick up another\u2019s presence, bodies sensate of\u00a0other bodies, a\u00a0flickering of\u00a0tone, step, glide and\u00a0run that phases in\u00a0and\u00a0out of\u00a0walking or\u00a0stillness.<\/p>\n<p>Watching them move together, I\u00a0feel a\u00a0certain sense of\u00a0relief, mixed with the\u00a0simple kinaesthetic pleasure that comes with watching really good movers move well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ArtsCross began on\u00a0Friday morning with Chris leading the\u00a0choreographers (bar two, still in\u00a0transit) in\u00a0a\u00a0workshop. 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It starts&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8mnDM-1g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57,"url":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog5\/2013\/07\/choreographers-workshops-and-discussion\/","url_meta":{"origin":78,"position":0},"title":"Choreographers\u2019 workshop and discussion","author":"Andrew Lang","date":"19 July 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photos","link":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog5\/category\/photos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":972,"url":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog5\/2013\/08\/rethink-translation-in-a-process-of-artcrossing\/","url_meta":{"origin":78,"position":1},"title":"Rethink translation in a process of &#8220;artcrossing&#8221;","author":"I-Ying Wu","date":"7 August 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As\u00a0an\u00a0interpreter, I\u00a0feel myself as\u00a0a\u00a0medium or\u00a0a\u00a0bridge between choreographers and\u00a0dancers, and\u00a0between Chinese speakers and\u00a0English speakers in\u00a0this project. 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