I was very excited to watch the performance today due to Jonathan Burrows being the author of the book we received last year 'A Choreographers Handbook'.
The first duet for me sparked ideas of sign language as a form of communication, although there were some parts in sync with each other which then suggested otherwise. Some parts were quite comical which demonstrated the playfulness of Burrows and Fargion's relationship with each other as well as with the audience. They used books to read their scores from, which during the post discussion they revealed that Burrows was notes in context of how a dancer would write them, and Matteo Fargion's were produced by music notations due to his background of being a musician and not a dancer.
The second part of the performance although was a separate dance, I felt had a strong connection with he first performance. The use of musical instruments as well as voice was strong in comparison to the first dance of where the sound originated from clapping or friction etc. Again the performance was comical and very clever that it allowed interpretation from the audience to create a meaning for themselves, but simultaneously demonstrated togetherness and intention.
The post show discussion was very enlightening and inspiring, and one thing that Jonathan Burrows did say has stuck with me in relation to my own practise within the performance projects: "Rehearsing is boring." We as a group discovered how our improvisation has become predictable due to over rehearsing, which was my relation to what Burrow's said about his practise.
I really enjoyed the performance and it has broadened my perspective again to dance including both the performance and making process.
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