I find it so interesting that even though it is Trajal who is using this course to share with us his creative process, by studying it we get to learn even more about ourselves than we learn about him. And Trajal seems to be very supportive of this: each time he talks about the importance […]
Style
Today in movement class we repeated the group formation exercise that we’ve been working on since last week – this time, Ondrej told us to start moving in the space while still keeping track of the shifting “leader” and maintaining our formation as a group. Today I genuinely tried to let go of myself and […]
Heaviness
Today I felt scared in class for the first time. I wasn’t afraid of speaking, or presenting, or dancing, or anything specific, but for some reason with each minute passing I could feel fear creeping over me. Although it’s been only a week since j-term started, I feel that I’ve already learned a lot about […]
Distracting the Self
In yesterday’s movement class Ondrej wanted us to come back to the lead/follow exercise, one that we tried in our very first class with him. This time, however, he wanted us to aim the opposite of what I previously thought we had to do – instead of simply losing control and moving as the other […]
Material
One of the exercises Ondrej gave us today in the morning had to do with response. We split into groups of two: one person would lay still on the ground while the other one would gently touch different body parts, which had to then become the point from which the laying person would initiate their […]
Form
I think that the most unexpectedly enjoyable moment in today’s movement class for me was when Ondrej lead us to do the “rolling star” exercise: you lay down on the floor with your legs and arms stretched out in the form of a star and, initiating the movement from your torso, you roll to the […]
Dancer or Choreographer? Who Owns What?
Today in Ondrej’s class I realized that dancing requires people to let it slightly more loose than usual. Some genres, such as contemporary, may require it more than others, but all dances fundamentally require a person to relax their body, distant themselves from the reality, and become somewhat of a marionette, either for a specific […]
Exploration & Risk
Even though I was somewhat preparing for an unusual type of class for today, throughout the first movement class I could not help but feel a bit out of place – this is not to say that it was not interesting or unpleasant, but rather that I did not have a clear idea of what […]