BEGINNING
The dancers prepare the space by moving objects (altar, paper cloud, spaceship, table, chair, lamps, backdrop), plugging cables, getting dressed, etc. In the space, we see live objects but also small projected objects and images. Maybe they are already there when the audience comes in.. the actions need to be mindful, they know what they are doing. It's not random and it's not dance movement, but its a choreography. Maybe there is incidental sound playing in the background. After the audience sits down, the house light goes out and the dancers continue for a minute or so more with their tasks.
They are all me. Different sides of me. So, maybe A is just lying on the ground sensing gravity (this can lead to a very slow and dense floorwork later on). B and C can be organizing everything. B is very concrete and productive and C moves in a ritualistic manner, touching and placing the objects with a lot of care (without falling too much into holy). In some specific moments, they meet for a second or two and they can work together or do unison without looking at each other. This is a loop that repeats approximately 3 times.
The incidental sounds can include sounds of phone calls, typing, vibrations from notifications on the phone, etc. Also, sounds from the path between the Central Station of Amsterdam and the boat where I lived.
UNDERLYING
This is the moment after the call:
- I'm holding my hand in my mouth
- I feel extreme soul pain
- my voice wasn't coming out
- all my muscles were tense
- my breath was out of sync
- I was kinda frozen.
- Off we go, off I go in the lead: run through the tunnel, find the lockers, take the bags, find the elevator, find the train on the platform, bags up, realizing we have 2 mins or so hug, cry, and say goodbye.
- I found myself alone walking towards home sensing the weight of the fact that my Mom has passed away.
- Shaking
- floating....
- making calls, receiving calls, re-organizing the short time ahead,
- extremely sad and shocked.
- layin on the floor
- cancel the party
- I had to lie down on the floating floor for a long while and just cry. That was a silent way of crying, I think... Later I also cried screaming and sobbing inconsolably. And quite often I still get a couple of drops sneaking out of my eyes.
- doing the ritual by singing, remembering, crying, laughing, jumping into the water, making a fire, and eating together.
I felt many selves at the same time many having different reactions but at the same time staying calm. It was like a part of me quickly emerged with a feeling of acceptance.
This was supported by Maria who was my guardian angel all of those first 2 or 3 days. She said to me "Ella te propulsó con toda su fuerza por el Universo" "She propelled you with all her strength through the Universe"
SPACE SCENE - ACCEPTANCE
Very directly, they do the last movements and go to the triangle in a specific point in the space. The green disco ball lights come in, transforming the space completely into an out-of-space feeling. The song "Transmission for Jehn: Gnossienne No 1 (Exclusive Spoken Word)" starts and they do the choreography with full-on movement clarity. They finish all together dancing the tango, to stay together as one.
TO DO:
I need to make several adjustments to the choreo in terms of spacing, and interaction.
Relate speeds of actions with emotions or with characters
Pain = slow motion
Enthusiastic = fast
Acceptance = average
I AM NOT ONE
The tango in the trio continues and develops. The 3 bodies are always together, dancing, having 6 arms, 6 legs, 3 heads, etc. The audio expands from the last seconds of the song, into an incidental background with some soft noise. The magic of the light takes time to fade out into a live video projection from 1 phone. They make about 4 different shots. Dancing for the camera and then putting it on a different angle.
Idea 2: instead of the big projection of them, the imagos of them come projected over them.
MOVEMENT
- Dancing in tango mode. The dancers are interconnected through the touch of their hands.
- Becoming each other skin. Introduce parts with extreme contact.
- Six hands signing. Choreo of SL and partnering.
- Highlighting trio
- Four mouths peaking. Complete each other sentences or speak at the same time.
- Walking with six legs. Find mechanisms of moving together by exchanging weight.
Inspiration:
- The duo from the 2 guys exchanged suits
- The hearth choreo (this can be recycled)
- La liba trio with 1 dancer and 2 video projected dancers.
FACE CLOSE-UPS
A full scene of 2 mins approx of a close-up of the 3 faces.
This scene starts when the dancers transition form the tango trio into taking their phones in small tripods (selfie sticks) to open the camera. What they are recording is being projected big on the back wall (or on a big piece of paper?). Firs,t they create a Frankenstein face because we see one eye of dancer A, one eye of dancer B, and the mouth of dancer C. Then the zoom out to show their whole face. They are lying down on the floor, and holding the camera above. In the most subtle way, they introduce their character with minimal face gestures.