Days 1-2-3 [and 4] (Part Two)

I continue from where I finished...

MIME Part 2:

The 'hands around head' excercise (or 'bunny ears')

We will do it quite lot... The one where one arm falls down on the side (with the hadn being a straight continuations of the arms) while the other arm is taken up by an impulse from the elbow, taking the the hand around the head, stretching the arm up, and dropping it straight to the side again... (and so on...)

Head to sides (isolation):

I not it because it was hard for me. Practice in front of mirror!

ACROBATICS (as much as I remember)

'Small handstand'

Put weight on arms with the knees resting on elbows and feet lifting from ground. Make sure to breath (whistle...) have the hands relatively separate, and the hands touch the ground by the fingertips and the base of the hand, fingers apart and bent.

Rolls:

Rolling back and forth (Holding legs)

The back is bent so the roll is smooth all the way (no bumps). Good warm up for further work.

Rolling over the shoulder:

Both legs go over the shoulders (same principle of smoothness as above) straightening as they go back (laying down flat at the end of way back) Important that the roll goes over the shoulder and the direction controlled by the movement of the neck and the head.

Head between legs (counterbalance)

Put head etween thighs of partener, who leans over the to grab the hips of the one 'giving head' and lifting the body while the one going up forms ball (NO JUMPING!) and straightens up the legs. When going down the one holding should pull the partner as close as possible to his body who pulls his legs back into a ball and goes back down from this position (it is easier this way)

Stomach cruncher (pairwork):

One goes down on all fours while the partner grabs on to his/her stomach putting his weight through the chest and upper arm on the others back and stretches legs up. The use of hands is not necessary. Importatnt to grab tightly (does not hurt the partner) especially when falling to slow down the fall. Always land on feet (not the butt or the back...)

Standing on hips (pairwork):

Climb on partners hips while he /she is on all fours. Keep feet on hips/butt close to each other in order not to slide (help with hands on shoulder blades to get up. The one down should have the back and the arms straight and stable.

Standing on thighs (counterbalance) w bench:

One sits while partner stands on thighs holding hands, shouldrs relaxed. The one standing does nothing, stick position, no pulling, no stress, eye contact. The one sitting is the boss and lets the standing one fall back until his ass lifts from the bench.

Good to warm up with

Basic counterbalance:

Going down (to sitting) and up together, holding hands, arms like ropes, toes close together.

ESTABLISHING ENVIROMENTS:

Childhood room, waiting, museum, etc.

When establishing an environment in the empty space the most important thing is the three principals of the Zen Tissue: relax - concentrate - visualize

Discover (see, feel, sense...) the space, take time for the images to come, the clearer the image the better the communication, wait for the details to strike your attention (like in AHA! excercise) Let the details surprise you (surprise your self!) and draw your attention to them. These surprises give life to the scene and the movement, when the body is reacting to these impulses.

Also important to have clear relations to objects. Uuse principles of mime: segmenting actions, action segments have clear beginngs and endings. See/feel details, details, details...

Consider size, weight, texture of object and the body's relation to it (for example: holding the heavy bag) Don't rush through details, be consistent.

Often less is more! Don't do too much, don't jump into action too fast...

Few on-the-spot details (and yes, details again) are much more effective then lots of 'noisy' actions.