Jerwood Bank 2008 – Siobhan Davies Dance

Having spent time creating and discovering layers within the Portraits, we then inserted a new section, a ’song’ of one small moment taken from the original portrait material. Adding in this new change of rhythm and quality really challenged my feeling of stability and the ’knowing’ of the Portrait. I had the feeling I lost something, that I couldn’t find a way back in.. My response was very revealing to me and I realised that feeling stable (or the desire for it) was actually not that helpful.

In order to maintain the etching of the material and the openness of form that I was seeking, I needed to inhabit the places that felt edgy, uncomfortable even. This encouraged me to take a step back, to almost witness myself from the outside, and therefore be consistent with a ‘freshness’ of performance and be true to the embodiment of the intention.

From having some time and space away from Portraits to encounter another task, we returned back to the solos for further exploration and development. I knew I had some feedback comments I wanted to address within it and Deborah had given us a useful idea regarding shifting thoughts. However, my experience of going back really surprised me. Read more >

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