BEGINNING
The dancers prepare the space by moving objects (altar, paper cloud, spaceship, table, chair, lamps, backdrop), plugging cables, getting dressed, etc. Maybe they are already there when the audience comes in, or they come out after... the actions need to be mindful, they know what they are doing. It's not random. Maybe there is incidental sound also playing in the background. When the audience is sitting down, the audience light goes out and the dancers continue for a minute more with their task.
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 does it very concrete and productive and C does it in a ritualistic manner, touching and placing stuff with a lot of care (without falling too much into holy). In some specific moments, they meet very sporadically for a second or two. This is a loop that repeats approximately 3 times.
The incidental sound composition can have 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 live.
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 and transform the space completely, and dramatically. The music starts and they do the choreo with full-on movement clarity. I need to make several adjustments to the choreo in terms of spacing, and the trio interaction. They finish all together dancing the tango, to stay together as one being for a while.
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"
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 and transform the space completely, and dramatically. The music starts and they do the choreo with full-on movement clarity. I need to make several adjustments to the choreo in terms of spacing, and the trio interaction. They finish all together dancing the tango, to stay together as one being for a while.
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.
1. Dancing in tango mode
2. Becoming each other skin
3. Six hands signing
4. Four mouths peaking
5. Walkig with six legs
Inspiration: the duo from the 2 guys exchanged suits
