Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Some Inspiration and possible good thoughts

Well, today in Acrobatics we pretty much reviewed stuff we've already learned:

-Legs of Liberty (shoulder stand, this is when we roll backwards from a sitting position to the headstands with our necks sideways and our hand in front of our faces on the floor with fingers pointed away, follow the movement of the head around, never stop the head from moving)
-Headstands
-Handstands (land soft on your hands leading with the fingers, reach out, watch your feet)
-The Throne (this is the one where someone sits on someone's feet, enough said)
-Stomach Crunchers (run into them, roll into them, have fun)

This is all good fun. But the real purpose of this particular blog is to share some thoughts I have that may or may not be helpful for you:

1. I personally am going to start making a list, not a journal, but just a list of the exercises and stretches that we do. I think this will make access to these exercises much easier in the future, and will therefore help me very much as an actor and especially as a teacher.

2. Let's remember to wear neutral clothing. We haven't much longer with the masks. We can make it.

3. I am going to try my best to give myself personal time each day, every single day, but only in order to give me the personal time necessary so that I may better listen to others, participate with others, and love others when I am not alone. This would mean that all day every day (except for maybe 30 minutes of alone time, obviously this amount of time would need to be different for different people) I will try to be as open and loving as possible, because for all day except half an hour I will be around people.


I think that's it for now.

Much love,
David from America

Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Chase

The Chase Scene!!!

My original post got lost in cyberspace..  So here's what I could save from a lonely draft.

NOTE: Double check if your post have actually arrived on the Blog. Internet can be quite a bitch sometimes.

The Wall Climbing reached it's final phase with 52(!!!) steps.
It turned out to be a short scene of being chased by someone or something in a narrow alley.

Here's the breakdown:


1-7: 7 steps straight slowing down from full speed running to full stop (start with left)

8: Turn around

9:  See the chaser, react (Back leg bends, body falls backwards)

10: Turn aback

11: See doorway move head only

12: Pose for running to doorway, front knee up, foot in air (it will also be the left if the count was right....)

13 - 17: 5 steps into doorway, on 17 back against the door, facing towards the alley

18: Look at chaser (only head)

19: Chaser doesn't notice and runs on... Follow chaser with head.

20. Look at wall

21. Left foot steps out.

23: Look after chaser (head stay facing this way till count 26)

24 - 26: Short steps towards wall spying after chaser

27. Look up wall

28. Pose for jumping (keep looking up)

29. Jump (shoulders down, on tiptoes, straight arms, flat hands vertical)

30. Catch wall (same as 29 but with flat hands horizontal)

31. Drop. (Look forward, hands fixed, shoulders down, heels down)

32. Attack (back to no. 30)

33. Pull body up (Hands move down till chest - fixed point, elbows pointing down)

34. Left elbow turns up

35. Right elbow turns up.

36. Push wall down (arms straight down, shoulders up, heels down)

37. Left foot up.

38. Left leg pose for wall (keep straight line with hands over the wall')

39. Move body over.

40. Push down the wall with 2 hands + left foot (keep straight line!)

41. Left hand up, right foot up.

42. Right foot goes to the place of left hand.

43. Lift right hand up.

44. Pose for jump (looking down!)

45. Jump down (still looking down...)

46. Stand up

47. Dust hands off (be aware of the direction of the movement..)

48. Turn around.

49. See chaser, react

50. Turn back again

51. Pose for run.

52. RUN!

Next weeks group assignment is to create a choreography with these 52 steps, The order of the moves can not be changed but we can play around with the tempo doing it in forwards and reverse, and can put music under it...

Here's a little inspiration from a Japanese dance company - the bastards don't allow me to embed the video so it's just a link this time. (Sally posted on Facebook not so long ago)


------ > http://youtu.be/ZxT-v9cxf7g  <-----


MORE NOTES:
When working with the Wall be aware of the dynamics of the movements:

SPEED - RESISTANCE - PUSHING - PULLING 

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Maestro from Cirque du Soleil

Yes, in response to Imre's latest post, I have always been inspired by this little fella.


A little inspiration for the mime classes...

Here is an Episode from BBC's Fast and Loose series of Interpretive Dance from a David Armand: