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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Dance Choir - Rebekah 1st Rehearsal

Stacey Lake June 17, 2018 0

Rebekah 1st Rehearsal with Candice Polglase, Dale Polglase, Ben Jamieson, Ella Baxter, Stacey Lake, Sarah Hotchin, Sophie Thompson.

The song and dance Rebekah shared with me yesterday was today shared with the group. The feeling of the song could be seen in each person as they let it flow over them. Dale said it was like having a long ago memory that was both beautiful and sad, but not bad, and not necessary a memory of his own.

The group singing was powerful. I think Rebekah is really onto something with this combination of dance and choir, I can’t wait to see the idea expand and be played with in future workshops. I think the group were similarly excited.

Dale, Ben and Ella

In a presentational formation on seats Rebekah also had the group enact a series of directions one after the other( written down for each person). This sets up a complex web of inter-relatedness as cross contamination of mood, feeling and action ripples through the group.

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Dance Film: Background, middle ground and foreground

Sarah Hotchin June 10, 2018 0

A dance film in the Melbourne botanical gardens with Rebekah Stuart, Sarah Hotchin, Ben Jamieson, Candice Polglase and Dale Polglase.

Candice, directing with me, had prepared the group the day before with a series of exercises and dancing.

Working together we explored camera movements that were motivated by performance. Head turns, traveling through the space with dance, and rolling along the ground all carried the gaze of the camera.

Camera movement was at times motivated by dancers in the background, middle ground and foreground and often shifted between the three in one shot. This dynamic helps the eye move into and around the image creating a sense of three-dimensional space.

Ben Jamieson in a tree.

For instance, Ben danced along a path in the background which led a pan of the camera over to dale in the foreground, who then walked us over to Rebekah, who then ran into the middle ground as the camera tracked after her.

Candice took up direction, music playback, and wrangling the team which allowed me more space to offer ideas and guide the shoot collaboratively.

The finished film ( In a quick assemble edit) was a good exploration of movement, relationships and emotions, it developed how Candice and I can work together and promised future possibilities.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

A Dance

Sarah Hotchin May 20, 2018 0

Today Candice, Dale, Sarah, Rebekah and myself met at dance house for two and a half hours.

We danced.

It was lovely to move through many of the structures and sense of presence offered by Anne O‘ keeffeon our own. We naturally moved into a group improvised dance.