Day 1 in Studio

It is hard to know what to expect from myself at this stage. I have not taken a dance class in 4 months, nor have I actually tried to choreograph anything since May 2012. It's a weird feeling: I feel at home in the studio, but a bit out of place. I can feel in my body that it is not in dancing shape, and that what I see my body doing in my head does not quite manifest in space. I am so glad to be doing this again, and know I need to get in shape. My first song that I am tackling is "La Vie en Rose" by Louis Armstrong. I am inspired by a video art piece I saw while living in Bordeaux where a man walks across town in a white suit holding a glass of red wine at his waist. As he walks, the wine sloshes out of the glass and eventually down his legs. I thought to include this idea in a dance. While I know that spilling red wine all over performance halls is not the best idea, I am trying to make the dance versatile: performable with or without the wine. As for theme, the emotional theme I am working with is the experience of overwhelming emotions and how one processes their presences. From joy to self-doubt, we often cannot control how we feel and react to life. Sometimes, when emotions are less desirable, we can be resentful of those emotions... but potentially give up and give in to them, weary of fighting them. While I am working with this song for now, I also have my sights on potentially music-less dancing. I have contacted a friend who writes poetry and will be exploring how to collaborate dance and word together. I am not proud of this video, but I am bound by my blog-writers duty to post it as this post is all about the process, no matter how humble the beginnings.