Body Releationships

 

 REVIEW

Extra Daily Techniques

Laban Choreutics

geometric scales

sacred geometry 



I 

Unit: Relationships

Theme: Body Relationships 

 

Introduction 

Relationships are the way in which dancers move with other dancers eg lead and follow, mirroring, action and reaction, accumulation, complement and contrast, counterpoint, contact, formation. There are also relationships between one's own body parts that can be explored.

 

II

 Learning Objectives

Explain the relationship between dance terms when creating dance 

Explain the relationships between  body parts

Gain an awareness of movement focused on body parts

Experience the creation of a solo phrase where body parts are the main motivation



III

Main Lesson

 

1


 

Warm Up

Stretch

 

2

 

 

Picture

 A

 

Category  Body includes:

Body Parts

Patterns

Whole Body

Initiation

Body Shapes

Body Systems

Inner Self



B

The body category describes structural and physical characteristics of the human body while moving. 

This category is responsible for describing which body parts are moving, which parts are connected, which parts are influenced by others, and general statements about body organization. 




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C
 

Several subcategories of body are:

Initiation of movement starting from specific bodies;
Connection of different bodies to each other;
Sequencing of movement between parts of the body;
Patterns of body organization and connectivity
 

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D


Patterns of Connectivity

Standing
Lateral



Core Distal


Upper Lower

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E 

 
FLOOR

Early Patterns of Total Body Connectivity.

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Question 1

 

Explain in your own words the relationship between the terms listed above in section A when creating dance? 

 

3

 

Video 

 

 Chicago Dance Studio

 Building relationships with your body through dance, movement and exploration is the topic for Victoria Bradford and members of the Chicago Dance Studio "A House Unbuilt." Get out of your seat and get a preview of an ambitious social performance art piece scheduled to run the entire length of the Mississippi River in 2019! Victoria Bradford is Executive & Artistic Director of movement research company A House Unbuilt. She has produced works of social practice, public art, performance, and installation for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, and deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, among many other spaces. Victoria has built collaborative projects rooted in site-based, response-driven practices. Her current work Relay of Voices: The Great River Run involves collaboration with 104 towns and cities along the Mississippi River, tying back to her origins in Coastal Louisiana and the environmental, political, and cultural dialogue specific to that region and places like it. A House Unbuilt dancers for TEDxQuincy include Angela Gronroos, Lisa Leszczewicz, Carla Gruby, Zack Bailey, and Ben Sanders.

 

(min. 2:30 - 5:130)
 The Power in Dance: Building Relationships with the Body | Victoria Bradford | TEDxQuincy (2018)
 

Question 2

What do you think about the relationships established in this video between ideas and body parts?


4

 

Relationships

 

body parts to body parts

body parts to objects

individuals to groups

individuals to groups and objects

individuals and groups to the room/space

 


IV

A Note to Remember 

 

There are relationships between one's own body parts that can be explored through dance and movement.

 

V

 Case Study

 

Video

In this video (2016) Chelsea Vargas was working towards a Bachelor of Arts in dance education with a studio teaching concentration at Montclair State University, New Jersey.  This study shows how she engages different body parts as she moves.

 

Study 1 - Body Parts

Question 3

Write your reflection on Chelsea Vargas' Study 1 in terms of body parts and their relationships. (See Case Study)

 

 

VI

Discussion Questions

 

1. Explain in your own words the relationship between these terms when creating dance? 

2. What do you think about the relationships established in the piece by Chicago Dance Studio (See the video above) between ideas and body parts?

3. Write your reflection on Chelsea Vargas' Study 1. (See Case Study)



VII

Activities


1

 

 Activity 1

 

Students explore movement that illustrates the different relationships listed bellow. 

 

body parts to body parts

body parts to objects

individuals to groups

individuals to groups and objects

individuals and groups to the room/space

 

2

 

Activity 2

 

 Students explore movement that illustrates the different relationships listed bellow. 

 

mirroring

shadowing

meeting

parting

above

below

under

over

alone

connected

 

SOURCE:

Elements of Dance

 

3

 

Activity 3

 

Students combine all the patterns of body connectivity explained in each video to create a solo phrase using the explorations experienced during class. 

 


VIII

Journaling 

 

IX

Glossary

 

 

X

Sources

 Student Artist Profile: Chelsea Vargas. https://themontclarion.org/entertainment/student-artist-profile-chelsea-vargas/

 

XI

Students' Work

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Make Up Work (Read on 5/11/2024)
 
1 day ago
Nicholas Finley
3/18

1. Explain in your own words the relationship between the terms listed above in section A when creating dance?


    -  The whole body is comprised of parts, which can be manipulated to form shapes. The body contains symmetries (patterns) - right and left, upper and lower limbs. With regard to dance, body systems are the anatomical structures which govern motion: joints, muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, etc. These systems interrelate to form the basis and limits of human motion. Initiation is how a movement begins: from where and how? The inner self is the fount from which expression flows outward through the body. 


2. What do you think about the relationships established in this video between ideas and body parts?


    - It's a good exercise, it forced me to think outside of the box. Taking an abstract or illogical notion and putting it in bodily terms is a tricky task. There are, however, some norms that can be discovered here. Even if walking in "opposite directions," I still used my feet rather than other extremities. Maybe there's something there about how our feet get us from one place to another, or that they are our main source of locomotion. 


3. Write your reflection on Chelsea Vargas' Study 1 in terms of body parts and their relationships.


    - She tended to group extremities in pairs (hand with hand, right with right, diagonal relationship). Wave-like motions have repercussions on both sides of the point of initiation. A motion is rarely isolated to one body part, they almost always involve reinforcement or initiation from somewhere closer to the core or another extremity.

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