Jerwood Bank 2008 – Siobhan Davies Dance

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I chose this piece of text as the basis for a code. A code to act as a vessel for the 10-12 movements we developed in week 2. 

These are the rules I have made up    ( I don’t like making up my own rules – I preferred the song where the rules were just given to you and you had to get on with it – now there are too many choices – too many opportunities for me to stray from the task -  but just to contradict myself it is actually a fantastic task for me – cause it shows me exactly how I let myself off the hook in the creative process … )          to date:
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I’ve got to a point where I am almost scared to move, I’m being very honest. Having had another task presented to us, together with very useful feedback for Portraits, I am realising how I need to push myself further, I need to amplify my movement without loosing the richness of the thought. This feels quite a challenge as I know I can turn up the volume but the point is, can I maintain and even develop the intention in it’s true sense? I have purposefully chosen an idea for myself within this new task to explore exactly that.

To show a journey across the space moving through three distinct terrains. Within the task we will look at how an imagined terrain or circumstance makes an impact or imprint on our movement language. Each terrain should have its own unique rhythm and timing and we should be able to drop into each state without build up or preparation. This will contrast our process for the portraits task in which we found an internal emotional world that impacted on the space around and was particularly directed to a known viewer.

This is my final quetion for the site and I would appreciate your thought and comments. Thanks for all your answer to previous questions – and you should feel free to revisit the old questions and any current viewpoints!

As you reach the end of the project, is it possible to see how taking part in Jerwood Bank 2008 might impact on what you do in the future, e.g. in your creative process, the direction of your future career, the choices that you might make?