During week 4 the class was started by focusing on Steve Paxtons ‘Small Dance.’ We watched a youtube clip of the small dance which showed a skeleton moving ever so slightly. It continued to show us this from different angles. The small dance showed that our bodies are always moving even when we think that we are standing completely still. After watching the video, we experimented ourselves with the small dance to see how we felt and to see whether we noticed the small movement. We were told to close our eyes and immediately I felt unneasy in my body as I hadnt noticed these small movements before. Because I was concentrating so hard, I felt myself going off balance. When I felt unbalanced, I let my body take me in whatever direction it was moving. This felt uncomfortable with my eyes closed and it felt like i was moving further than I actually was.
After this exercise, we were the put into groups ready for our research lab. We were told to write down questions which we were interested to explore, then pick two questions that linked in some way and study them to create one main question. The question we chose were ‘what would happen if I come up off the floor without using my hands and how does this change when working with new or old partnes?’