beginning improvisation is a great challenge for both student and teacher. Not only are there no rules for success, but there is also a distinct invasion of one's privacy and insecurities. I begin with every one seated and relate the story of the 10,000 years of heritage within them and how they are going to tap into their uniqueness, their sentient abilities. All the things that determine who they are and how they think will be called into play
then get everyone up and onto the floor. In numbers there is security The dancers must become aware that they are going to make contact with and be guided by the aesthetic intuition that exist within them. They will begin to understand the two people inhabiting thier body: the"pedestrian" and "artist person" Begin the improvisation by having the dancer assume a body shape that is unfamiliar to the, Let them twist the body somehow to effect a sharper taste within the body,but one that is not gripped or locked.
Have them listen to the body and wait for the first movement to begin. Sense and see the first body partmove