Improvisation at the Praca do Comércio - 23/03/2015

For this class we came outside again and went to Rua da Augusta, Praca do Comércio and the river side of the Tejo river. 

First we did Antoinette doll practise. The idea was that one of us is a doll and one or two persons are moving the doll. For me it was really hard to move only that one body part what my friends were moving because it was kind of automatic that some of the opposite body parts wanted to move at the same time. When two of the girls moved to body parts at the same time I felt like my whole body started to move and I had no control on it. This exercise was really nice because you were´t responsible of the out come. My partners did all the work and I just had to concentrate on controlling my body. This is again really good exercise to school. 

In the next part we had to imagine that there is a rubber band between us. We had to move like it is controlling our movement and keeping us attached to the each others. The rummer band stretches and shortens and that is how it controls the movement. It was really funny that my friend cut my part of the rubber band and I was left alone. First I was just thinking that what just happened and felt really alone. Then I realized I should continue the movement with all the improvisation possibilities that we have learned all ready.  Still it felt really hard this time I don´t know why. I just fell that I don´t have material bank where to take all the movement. I could have just used following when I would have not needed any movement bank. 

In the end we did this exercise where we were in small groups and everybody told their favorite place in the spot. The idea was to got to everybody´s favorite place and then end up the exercise with a spot that the whole group decided. In the end we were supposed to do contact improvisation and a lift.  The trip to these different favorite places was part of the improvisation. We decided what kind of movement we are going to use while we travel to the favorite spots. The ending of this exercise was the best part because we got to do contact improvisation and at that time I really felt that I belong to the group and that we did a small trip together.