Week 5 Washerwomen dancing!

All I'm saying is simply this that all life is interrelated, that somehow were caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what u ought to be until you are what you ought t be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This quote is to say that everything we do and do not do has an effect. This can be applied to the rehearsals to say that now we have to push ourselves even harder and consider our contribution to the rehearsal process and product. This washerwomen have been rehearsing a lot, especially the new salsa section. It has built up into a more fast paced salsa. We have mixed movement from traditional salsa with the main gestures that represent fertility and the womb. I picked up the new bit quickly. I need to add a lot more expression to my movement in the salsa section especially. Washerwomen had a video session outdoors on Wednesday. Washerwomen represent the firing squad that is going to shoot Yerma. We symbolised a gun with our fingers and concentrated on facial expression. The whole scene is very intense and the wind and cold outdoors definitely added a necessary effect to our performance. In 1930's spain that is how she would have been punished. Visualising the horror helped us as performers.
In the next weeks I want to further develop expression in my movement, perform with confidence and improve in technique classes. I aim to do that by attending every rehearsal, learning through observing others perform and rehearse collaboratively.