The Weblog of Catherine Bell: What I've Been Upto
Wednesday, Feb 19 2003, 12:41
What have I been up to? Much the same, class every day and rehearsals for our new choreography pieces in the afternoons. Am quite pleased with mine at the moment (it won't last). I asked two very strong dancers to be in my piece this time, and am determined it is going to be emotionless (is that a word? it is from this day forth anyway!) as possible.
Have always wanted to make a piece with 'movement for movements sake' (ya ya ya!), and not get bogged down in the absolutely, inevitable relationships which seem to emerge between my dancers. Isn't it odd that when we watch a piece of dance we naturally assume love and sexual goings on when a man and a woman interact closely on stage, no matter how innocent the movement- it is absolutely ingrained in us as humans.
I hope this is not just me being an unsophisticated audience member? This inference can make a choreographer's job very difficult if they want to make a piece without narrative. An obvious solution to this (or so I thought in my first year of uni) is to use two same sex dancers. Unfortunately my two beautiful female dancers, doing my very innocent feline, tactile movement was interpreted as two gay laddeeeeys getting it on! ( needless to say the audience was predominantly male).
The 'obvious solution' made the piece even more sexual, and I was very confused! I can honestly say I had no idea in rehearsal the movement was developing in such a way. Looking back I don't mind it being recieved as it was, because you see it was all in the audiences mind not mine! Will write more soon, cos am late for rehearsal!
We are performing a piece I love at the rep (theatre in Dundee) this weekend, and my maman is coming to visit-yey! Will reveal all next week.
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