CREATIVE MOVmfENT
Questions to Consider
Range of
Movemenc What is range in movement, physical, emoüonal, and mental? Is
it limited by personal image, fear, physical or energistic blockage or
ignorance? What are ways of moving or "being" that allow for greater
diversity and availability? – Range is limited by all negativity that
one lets in to their energy; however it is stretched immensely when one lets go
of fear and blockage in their life. Movement that is relaxed, but focused is
good. One needs to “be” centered and channeling their energy in the correct
way.
Seeing
Others: What does movement feel like and look like in others? Where
is the movement free; where is it not being allowed to have full expression?
Which words, exercises, or activities in.hibit and which free the physical and
nonphysical systems? Is the pain necessarily where the problem is? –
People control their movement more closely when they know someone is watching,
if they are not fully relaxed. After becoming comfortable with the situation,
or with the people one is around then they begin to move more freely.
Meditation and/or yoga are good for inhibiting freedom and comfortability.
Relating to
Others: How can I move in a way that affects others constructively?
How can we "meet"? What ways of moving produce distance? What ways of
moving produce communication? –Moving with precision and strong intention allow
messages of the mover to be communicated better. Quick/fast/broad movements
create distance.
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Body Awareness: Which parts of my body do I feel familiar with? Which parts are unknown, uncomfortable, less expressive, particularly alive or vital? How does body awareness and movement relate to awareness of feeling, emoüons and intentions? – I feel as if I understand my body. I am ready to use this understanding in order to learn my most expressive features. Understanding body movement in relation to emotion, intention, etc, is to understand the natural flow of human nature. We cannot be truly authentic to human life without using all mediums of expression which we are given.
Flexibility: To what
extent am I flexible in body, mind and spirit? My body is decently flexible, my
mind and spirit are immensely flexible.
Spatial
Awareness: Am I comfortable %ith space externally and internally? Am I
able to arrange my body in space in a nay that feels safe, appropriate, conscious?
Am I able to make choices väth objecs and other people's bodies and feelings
üat are spatially aware? – I feel an acute sense of the people and
objects around me in life and when I am focused on stage. I feel safe when
close to edges or fellow actors. There are times when another actor can take
things too far and create an unsafe environment for the others. I do my best to
not be “that guy.”
Can I feel when to move, stop, wait, act, go
fast, go slow, apply pressure, back off? – I feel and recognize these instincts
within my body, acting on them is much more difficult and I cannot yet keep it
consistent.
Am I able to be open to unexpected
possibilities, unknown territory, new ideas, other points of view and other
ways of being and to allow my movement to express many options? – Most
definitely!
Engagement
and Follow Through: Am I fully present with self, other, and the
activity at hand? Will I stay with an activity and commit to a rightful and
complete resolution? -- I am
very engaged when I understand my character’s intentions in the scene. Putting
my focus into reading the movement and intention of the other in the scene helps
to keep me engaged as well
Creative Problem Solving and Imagination: Do I see
my many movement options and possibilities in the face of problems? Am I able
to use my body and mind in new ways and old ways with tie greatest efficiency
possible considering the task at hand? -- When in the moment I am not great at
considering my movement options.
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Am I able to have fun moving and investigating who I
am, who others are, and how relate to each other? -- Most definitely able to
have fun.
Am I locked in categorical habit patterns of
movement or am I able to react freely? -- I feel that I am moving away from
being locked in to habits, but old habits do die hard.
Adventurousness
and Daring: Can I go where I need to go to find what I need to find and
do what has to be done, or am I afraid to move in directions that are
appropriate?-- I believe I am able to go where I need to go to do the things I
need to do.
Expressiveness: Am I able to clearly and
appropriately express in movement my feelings, philosophy, and inner creative
forces? Does my movement speak of who I am? -- Not clearly, yet. I also feel
that my movement does speak of who I am because I am still moving towards being
clear of who I am.
Musicality
and Rhythm: What is my rhythm habitually? Can I adapt to other
pulses, phrasings, tempos? I feel that I am good at adapting to other rhythms,
however my natural rhythm is a quick/fast one.
Tension and
Release: Am I holding? Am I letting go? Where am I too tight or too
loose to move with integrity and clarity? How do I let go or be more precise? --
I am much too tight in my shoulders, neck, lower back, and abdomen. I need to
come up with a routine of stretching every day and meditating in order to focus
on the release and balance of my instrument.
Breath Am I
breathing in a manner that is free and allows motion of energy, feeling, and
body? How does the way I affect the way I move and the I move affect the way I
breathe? -- I am very close to breathing strictly into the lower part of my
body. My breath sometimes likes to escape into the upper part of my body rather
than staying low and expanding into the diaphragm. My breath is becoming a tool
of focus for me, so I feel that it is starting to move along with my actions.
— Application: How
is what I or learn about my own body and my way of moving relevant and/or
useful to my professional and personal life? How does investigating movement
apply specifically and generally to the art and craft of performance and to my
way of practicing it? -- Without movement one cannot stay true to life and
create a full character. What I learn will be directly applicable to my
professional life as well as helping me to be more whole in my personal life. I
have been so focused on the development of my vocal instrument that I have not
been able to explore movement deeper than what I naturally have.
