Day Sixteen: Shape Qualities

CLASS

Now we're really starting to get into Laban stuff, which I think is really kind of fun. So today we worked on Shape. So there are the still forms, the modes of shape change, and shape qualities. What i love about shape qualities is that it's about the approach to learning by applying qualities, instead of just trying to copy still forms. It allows the movement to have more depth.

We talked about how we should pay attention to what our bodies do in different types of situations. Perhaps if I pay attention, I could see some patterns form.

We also talked about how, as a teacher, it is fine to teach "yourself" to your students, but you should also be able to give them what they're missing (since you may also be missing it). It is this kind of situation in which knowing these shape qualities will be super useful.