First Rehearsal

March 13th, 2008

Today we had our first real rehearsal for Glassy Essence. It feels like forever since we’re created a piece with Swan. It’s been more than a year since he choreographed Vastav.

We started by generating movement from Francois photos. It was cool to see how the still images turned into movement and out movement worked through the still images.

The first phrase that we worked with today used inversions and a lot of arm work. Swan usually starts with something small then builds as we all become warmed up creatively. By the end I was feeling some burning in my thighs which is probably from all the squatting leg work.

I’m also working on duet with Nickemil. It great because Nick and I have worked with Swan for 4 years now so we all have a good feeling of what each other is going to do. The three of us have great chemistry so things just work. I love the adagio where tremors are running through our forearms and hands while our lower body is calm and still. The music for the duet sounds like a harp with a techno beat. As the beat builds into a layer of sounds it really drives the movement.

We’re still experimenting and trying things and it feels good to finally be in a serious creating mode.

-Jason

Photo by Jubal Battisti

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