Month: December 2014

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After our previous class, I felt intrigued as to what we would be experimenting with in this coming lesson. We started by exploring with weight in partners, swapping roles of the over and under dancer. To start with I had to lie on my partner whilst they rested on the floor. I was told to put more weight in certain areas to test where my partner had more strength and where she felt more comfortable. Throughout this I felt slightly on edge as I was initially worried about hurting my partner so was hesitant to give them my full weight. We kept trying until I felt more comfortable in giving my full weight. The feed back from my partner was that she felt relaxed and after a while couldn’t feel my body on her. She said it didn’t feel like an intense weight and felt more like a small pressure.

When my partner gave me her weight, I was concerned that I wouldnt be able to take it at first because of my build, howeverWe then progressed to exchange and swap the rolls, so we were rolling over and on each other rather than just one way. The exercise we used helped with how to give and take our weight in the most effective and safe way, this was used to help build our understanding of the way we can work with contact during improvisations.