My Movement Studies Aim

At the beginning of this term, Katye asked us to identify one thing that we would be working with during our Movement Studies 2 module.  The image below is from my journal (form 9th January 2012).  This has been my focus in each Movement Studies class.  Yesterday, in a Skinner Releasing class with Polly, I felt that the idea of finding space and opening the back and spine was really prominent in my movement.  The curling and uncurling exercises began opening the spaces of the back and the work we did with axis (imagining an axis running directly down the centre of the body) helped me explore the full range of movement of the spine.

Organs

Polly's Experiential Anatomy class last week focused on the organs in the body.  When moving, we never really consider the organs so this class gave us the opportunity to experience something totally different.  We did some partner work to further explore the organs, and below are some of the notes I wrote in my journal.

- Feel the weight of the organs
- Lots inside the body
- Understanding their texture, function and location
- Moving from the organs is difficult, its easier to move from the pelvis or limbs
- Hands on makes it easier to understand
- Feel a pressure and warmth which draws attention to the organs
- Rolling felt heavy and laboured.  Feel the weight slowly shifting within the organs
- Never think of the organs when moving

Journal Entry

Here is the journal entry from Katye's class.  During the session, I became really interested in the lines of the space we were in.  These lines became my focus for the whole score.  I found it really difficult to include another person in my moving because of my strong focus on the lines.  I really enoyed this class and would love to do more work like this