What are we doing? Fundamental aspects of dance include existing in shared space, and sharing sensory and kinaesthetic experience, and as these don’t exist online…what...? ? ”
I want to dance 'with' you not 'at' you. I want to hear your heart beat pulsing beside mine. I want to catch a glimpse of whimsy, excitement, uncertainty in your eyes. I want to 'read' your movements.
Our human connection is at stake! A connection that reminds us we are flesh and blood; interconnected beings, that communicate with each other on multiple levels via the "live" body and its somatic intelligence.
What I mean is the digital space and Artificial Intelligence is permeating almost every aspect of life. As a result we are slowly losing emotional intelligence - feelings we experience in the body within a shared physical environment. So our inner "GPS" that guides us - helps us sense each other within space, is slowly being compromised; perhaps to the point where the actual physical body becomes redundant - or becomes a mechanical instrument rather than a feeling body. I think this will have a direct impact on the dancing body itself... When we can no longer 'read' each other's body language (ie: bodily cues) by being in the same physical space and interacting with each other physically/emotionally/energetically, how we connect/dance/ will inevitably change. I don't know how it will change, but it will. I think the shift to virtual life/living/dancing is a prepping us for what's coming down the pipe. Which may redefine what dance "is."
Gain: Time, Sense of relief, Care for myself and others
Need: Allow yourself and others that this is a transition of going back and don't stress the process of gaining the physical ability and performativity.
Gain: Time, Sense of relief, Care for myself and others
Need: Allow yourself and others that this is a transition of going back and don't stress the process of gaining the physical ability and performativity.
I miss the sense of connection of being with people in a space. I appreciate not having to spend time going places, but there was a ritual in going to a place to be with people that helped me collect my focus and intention to be in whatever was going to happen. At home, I can focus for an hour. In the studio I could focus for hours. Online there is so much talking. I miss how much could be said without language. I don't care about the new online skills because I don't want to be on the computer anymore, it's an emotional break-up. I still haven't improved my website. I have rested. I can honestly say I have rested to the point wherein I cannot go back to doing too much. Perhaps in this it has helped me become a better decision maker.
Gain...Legitimizing those who have been for a long time creating/performing in previously non-conventionalized places. Digital spaces have been used for decades, only under-recognized. Digital is now a place to work. Home is now a place to work. Outside of four (4) walls is a place to work. (from Conversations 2021)
What are we doing? Fundamental aspects of dance include existing in shared space, and sharing sensory and kinaesthetic experience, and as these don’t exist online…what...? ? ”
Imagining this might be this as an economically propogated/culturally specific issue?
I want to dance 'with' you not 'at' you. I want to hear your heart beat pulsing beside mine. I want to catch a glimpse of whimsy, excitement, uncertainty in your eyes. I want to 'read' your movements.
Our human connection is at stake! A connection that reminds us we are flesh and blood; interconnected beings, that communicate with each other on multiple levels via the "live" body and its somatic intelligence.
What I mean is the digital space and Artificial Intelligence is permeating almost every aspect of life. As a result we are slowly losing emotional intelligence - feelings we experience in the body within a shared physical environment. So our inner "GPS" that guides us - helps us sense each other within space, is slowly being compromised; perhaps to the point where the actual physical body becomes redundant - or becomes a mechanical instrument rather than a feeling body. I think this will have a direct impact on the dancing body itself... When we can no longer 'read' each other's body language (ie: bodily cues) by being in the same physical space and interacting with each other physically/emotionally/energetically, how we connect/dance/ will inevitably change. I don't know how it will change, but it will. I think the shift to virtual life/living/dancing is a prepping us for what's coming down the pipe. Which may redefine what dance "is."
I think we are slowly losing the body as we once knew it to be.
Gain: Time, Sense of relief, Care for myself and others
Need: Allow yourself and others that this is a transition of going back and don't stress the process of gaining the physical ability and performativity.
Gain: Time, Sense of relief, Care for myself and others
Need: Allow yourself and others that this is a transition of going back and don't stress the process of gaining the physical ability and performativity.
I miss the sense of connection of being with people in a space. I appreciate not having to spend time going places, but there was a ritual in going to a place to be with people that helped me collect my focus and intention to be in whatever was going to happen. At home, I can focus for an hour. In the studio I could focus for hours. Online there is so much talking. I miss how much could be said without language. I don't care about the new online skills because I don't want to be on the computer anymore, it's an emotional break-up. I still haven't improved my website. I have rested. I can honestly say I have rested to the point wherein I cannot go back to doing too much. Perhaps in this it has helped me become a better decision maker.
Gain...Legitimizing those who have been for a long time creating/performing in previously non-conventionalized places. Digital spaces have been used for decades, only under-recognized. Digital is now a place to work. Home is now a place to work. Outside of four (4) walls is a place to work. (from Conversations 2021)