Not long ago, I attended a choreography workshop with
Suzanne Thomas, who made us work on the performance's space.
She stressed how movie clips and TV have shaped our view of
dancing: the importance of staying on the camera's viewpoint and of not
disturbing the audience's attention from the singer have led to more static and
uniformed performances.
She wanted us to use the whole space, and see how placing
dancers in different locations, facing different directions could make us tell
different, textured stories. It was amazing how the same moves could have
different meanings.
For example, just placing two dancers next to each other,
and one a bit further apart makes you wonder about their relationships. Are the
first two in love? Will the third one join in or not? Or having all dancers
face the wall, back to the audience, then make one of them turn, can create a
kind of surrealistic experience.
Definitely worth taking into account, next time I have a
play or dancers to direct...
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