Day 5 - 7/ Janusz - Awareness Through Movement

It took me some time to get my thoughts together about these two lessons cause I also have to mention my discoveries aside of the mechanical description of the movements we make.

What we did during the first 2 lessons was basically reconstructing a complex movement (The Banana for those who are familiar with the contact impro/dance excercise) from the essential scratch.

Probably the most interesting thing about this was that I didn't realize that the final movement is something I knew before until we reached the final stage of the excercise. Thsi way I have learned way more about the movement than simply repeating it for a long time. (I mean, who understands what it really means in any lesson to make the movement "starting from the center" just like that?)

The sequence goes like this repeating each part sevaeral times (in a gentle, non-mechanic way)
We start by laying on our backs with legs straight and arms by the body:
1.  Pull up the knees up gently towards pelvis along the floor and pull the foot close to the other leg (Both knees one by one)
2.  Expand the movement by pulling the knee up from the side pointing upwards to the ceiling. (Both legs one by one)
When both knees are up, we start turning the pelivs up and down (6o'clock - 12o'clock)
12o'cloc: push down with the feet
6o'clock: pull the feet up from ground a few centimeters, ching point towards pelvis
3.  Move turn pelvis from side to side (3-9) don't move knees to the sides, but pull up the foot few cm's from the floor ( 3: left foot - 9: right foot)
4. Combine the movements into a whole cirlcle ad the other 'hours' as well. (notice how the movement of the head follows the pelvis)

5. Having the knees pointing at the ceiling, let one knee go to the side and let the other follow by the impulse of the leading knee (minimal effort)
In the middle position both knees are on the sides.
6. Continue with the movement now involving the arms, pulling the arm up towards on the opposite side of the knees and letting the arm back at the middle position. Arms are straight, moving along the floor until they are diagonal to the body.
7. Expand the movement, with arm from the opposite side crossing over to the side of the knee, orlling over the body and the other arm (head moves last, and stays there until this pahse repats again)

Et Voi lá: The Banana!

Now I go and make dinner. To be continued with Ole and Ruth Improvisations from day 5-6-7