We kept this class in the judo hall because of the soft floor. We did lots of lifts in this class so that is why we needed the soft floor. The place was new for me so I missed the beginning of the class because I could not find the place.
Dancing and contact improvisation includes lots of lifts, supporting, balancing and acrobatics. Doing these lifts and acrobatics you have to control your body really well because otherwise acrobatic movements are not going to work out. We started to do movement to your partner´s body. This exercise was about letting yourself totally relaxed and letting your pair to do the movement to your body. This is really good exercise for gaining the trust of the partner. It actually felt really good and relaxing when my partner was pulling we around the floor. But when I was doing that to my partner I realized that it is actually hard work to move the other. Good work out and good exercise to school also.
I did not feel comfortable of being lift because I´m much bigger than the others so that made me feel like they are not going to have enough power to lift me. The whole group actually did lift me and I felt really cool and kind of weightless during the lift. We had to move while we where in the air and that part I felt really hard for me because you should know how to control and move your body really well when you are in the air. So I came down pretty fast. You actually have to have lot of strength to do lifts but it´s also about the balance between the supporter and the one that is being supported.
In the last practice that we did we had to hold hands in a group of three and make improvisation with pulling, pushing and balancing and there where supposed to be balance in between us. I think in some parts we where moving way too fast and that is why there where no long balanced parts in the improvisation. I actually have lot of strength and doing this practice I noticed that I was pulling against the movement many times and I did not let the tension to disappear.
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I think lifts are more easy to execute when you have same sized partner. Because when I had smaller partner I felt like she is not going to be able to lift me even though it is about the balance in the movement. It is also hard work to keep the balance when you are doing both roles. Also controlling your body is really hard.
I think contact improvisation with lifts and acrobatics are really good exercises to school. Especially for guys that usually don´t like dancing that much. I think this is good combination of gymnastics and dancing. It is important to show to students that there can be so many different ways of dancing. It takes lot of courage and trust to do lifts so it is really good way to make students to work together and with different kind of people. This is an excellent way of getting to know your body better.
There are three different kinds of techniques that you can do improvisation with others. In the first technique it is important that you receive and give the weight. In this technique you really need to listen and follow what the other one is doing and then respond to that. When the partner is putting weight on to your body, then you have to be prepared to receive the weight of the other and support her. Putting weight and supporting can happen with any part on the body for example head, hands, arms or legs.
In the next technique you add lifting to the previous technique. The important thing is to find the center of the partner´s body and with your body center to lift partner up. When you find the balance it is easier to do the lifting. When you find the balance, you actually have more power to do the lift but remember to do the lift with your legs and not with the back for example. Keep the back straight in any case. If you don´t follow these instruction you are more likely to get injuries and hurt yourself and the partner.
In the third technique the thing is to use opposite forces. Using this technique you can for example go down and come up again being back against back. You have to use your body weight to go to the opposite way than your partner is going. Doing these opposite forces you have to be careful so that nothing goes wrong.
I think contact improvisation with lifts and acrobatics are really good exercises to school. Especially for guys that usually don´t like dancing that much. I think this is good combination of gymnastics and dancing. It is important to show to students that there can be so many different ways of dancing. It takes lot of courage and trust to do lifts so it is really good way to make students to work together and with different kind of people. This is an excellent way of getting to know your body better.
There are three different kinds of techniques that you can do improvisation with others. In the first technique it is important that you receive and give the weight. In this technique you really need to listen and follow what the other one is doing and then respond to that. When the partner is putting weight on to your body, then you have to be prepared to receive the weight of the other and support her. Putting weight and supporting can happen with any part on the body for example head, hands, arms or legs.
In the next technique you add lifting to the previous technique. The important thing is to find the center of the partner´s body and with your body center to lift partner up. When you find the balance it is easier to do the lifting. When you find the balance, you actually have more power to do the lift but remember to do the lift with your legs and not with the back for example. Keep the back straight in any case. If you don´t follow these instruction you are more likely to get injuries and hurt yourself and the partner.
In the third technique the thing is to use opposite forces. Using this technique you can for example go down and come up again being back against back. You have to use your body weight to go to the opposite way than your partner is going. Doing these opposite forces you have to be careful so that nothing goes wrong.
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