Shaking
Aim of practice: training, relaxing the body, discovering new movements
Number of participants: 2+
Time allocation (min): 40
Number of participants: 2+
Time allocation (min): 40
Intense movement training, suitable for the beginning of the rehearsal, portioned in four 10-minute parts with the assistance of songs.
For the first part of SHAKING, it’s advisable to choose trance or other dance music. In this part all participants try to ‘knock the meat’, the movement here is all kinds of shaking or rhythmic movement. It’s good to alert the participants about using little movements (shake the little finger) or impossible ambitions (I’ll shake my fourth rib, etc.).
The second part is FREE MOVEMENT, the music can be for example a jazz concert or compositions with an irregular, loose rhythm. During these 10 minutes, all the participants move as they please, allowing the body anything it desires. The movement of the first two parts should not be too slow, the aim is to warm up the body parts.
The third part is a FROZEN POSE. The participants choose a place in the room and a random position (you can’t choose to lay down). With their eyes, they find one fixed point they keep. The advisable background music here is classical or experimental music, opera, etc. No further movement is allowed in this part.
The last part is FROZEN LAYING. The participants lay on the ground with their eyes shut, keeping still for ten minutes. The good music that would work for this is anything calmer (similar to the third part). After these 40 minutes the participants slowly get up.
All of the people present in the room must execute the exercise. There can be no audience, no-one can enter the room during the exercise. The participants are invited to observe their body closely, not paying attention to those around them. Nobody should cease the exercise for even a while (drinking, drying off sweat). Don’t forget about breath and the sound coming along with it. The music must be loud enough, the light gentler. It’s necessary to have all the songs cut into one track so no-one has to interrupt the exercise. A thorough stretching before and after the training is vital.
The author of the training is the french choreographer Boris Charmatz.
note: This training is physically quite exhausting the first time, that’s why the participants tend to keep their strength or observe their surroundings, which harms the final effect.
For the first part of SHAKING, it’s advisable to choose trance or other dance music. In this part all participants try to ‘knock the meat’, the movement here is all kinds of shaking or rhythmic movement. It’s good to alert the participants about using little movements (shake the little finger) or impossible ambitions (I’ll shake my fourth rib, etc.).
The second part is FREE MOVEMENT, the music can be for example a jazz concert or compositions with an irregular, loose rhythm. During these 10 minutes, all the participants move as they please, allowing the body anything it desires. The movement of the first two parts should not be too slow, the aim is to warm up the body parts.
The third part is a FROZEN POSE. The participants choose a place in the room and a random position (you can’t choose to lay down). With their eyes, they find one fixed point they keep. The advisable background music here is classical or experimental music, opera, etc. No further movement is allowed in this part.
The last part is FROZEN LAYING. The participants lay on the ground with their eyes shut, keeping still for ten minutes. The good music that would work for this is anything calmer (similar to the third part). After these 40 minutes the participants slowly get up.
All of the people present in the room must execute the exercise. There can be no audience, no-one can enter the room during the exercise. The participants are invited to observe their body closely, not paying attention to those around them. Nobody should cease the exercise for even a while (drinking, drying off sweat). Don’t forget about breath and the sound coming along with it. The music must be loud enough, the light gentler. It’s necessary to have all the songs cut into one track so no-one has to interrupt the exercise. A thorough stretching before and after the training is vital.
The author of the training is the french choreographer Boris Charmatz.
note: This training is physically quite exhausting the first time, that’s why the participants tend to keep their strength or observe their surroundings, which harms the final effect.
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