Title: Danger Danger
Statement of Intention: To exemplify the vulnerability of art in society.
Objects needed: one performer
Description: The performer must create a dangerous situation that satisfies the intention of the performance. They may include other performers and/or objects if necessary.
Conclusion: The performance concludes after 2 minutes.
Assessment/Evaluation/Notes for redo or future performances: It was great. I woke up and went outside, gathered two neighbors to help out with my script. I had one person, an ex-cop be the man who held a bow pointing at me dancing about 20 feet ahead of him. Another neighbor held a camera and was taking pictures of me dancing, similar to the way tourists surround wild animals to get a good shot. We proceeded up the street in my neighborhood. My 10 year old daughter was ahead of us filming. My favorite part of this score was the collaboration with the neighbors, the spontaneity of it and the eagerness of my neighbors. It was also interesting being hunted. At first I didn’t notice him and was just doing my dancing, then when I noticed him I sped up to tried to get away. I felt empathy for the hunted animals, for all the animals that happily exist in the forest until the moment they spot the hunter. Bobcat season starts Oct. 1.
I enjoyed working with Kelly and Asher on this script. I love how one script can lead to several different performances if the script is open enough. It makes me think about how if everyone in our world can feel connected if we just stay open enough. If people's internal script was this open then differences between races, between species wouldn't be felt and we would see that we are really all connected in the same script, even if the performances end up being completely different.
Unfortunately the video part isn't as compeling as I was hoping. It is something I will learn the more I use video. It needed to be videod from maybe the hunter's perspective to get the feeling of the hunt. From the front where my daughter was standing the dancer didn't look vulnerable and you couldn't see the bow from the front angle. Perhaps if she stood across the street and took it from the side angle.
The camera person looked great, but the hunter needed to be walking around more, like he was hiding, not just directly behind the dancer. The dancer shouldn't have been smiling.Statement of Intention: To exemplify the vulnerability of art in society.
Objects needed: one performer
Description: The performer must create a dangerous situation that satisfies the intention of the performance. They may include other performers and/or objects if necessary.
Conclusion: The performance concludes after 2 minutes.
Assessment/Evaluation/Notes for redo or future performances: It was great. I woke up and went outside, gathered two neighbors to help out with my script. I had one person, an ex-cop be the man who held a bow pointing at me dancing about 20 feet ahead of him. Another neighbor held a camera and was taking pictures of me dancing, similar to the way tourists surround wild animals to get a good shot. We proceeded up the street in my neighborhood. My 10 year old daughter was ahead of us filming. My favorite part of this score was the collaboration with the neighbors, the spontaneity of it and the eagerness of my neighbors. It was also interesting being hunted. At first I didn’t notice him and was just doing my dancing, then when I noticed him I sped up to tried to get away. I felt empathy for the hunted animals, for all the animals that happily exist in the forest until the moment they spot the hunter. Bobcat season starts Oct. 1.
I enjoyed working with Kelly and Asher on this script. I love how one script can lead to several different performances if the script is open enough. It makes me think about how if everyone in our world can feel connected if we just stay open enough. If people's internal script was this open then differences between races, between species wouldn't be felt and we would see that we are really all connected in the same script, even if the performances end up being completely different.
Unfortunately the video part isn't as compeling as I was hoping. It is something I will learn the more I use video. It needed to be videod from maybe the hunter's perspective to get the feeling of the hunt. From the front where my daughter was standing the dancer didn't look vulnerable and you couldn't see the bow from the front angle. Perhaps if she stood across the street and took it from the side angle.
Video tells so much!
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