Body Game
A movement poem for March 17, 2020 by Jill Randall
Clench:
Upper
Lower
Shoulders
Hands
Face
Buttocks
Feet
Ah! Release ..........
Touch:
Top of head
Top of feet
Front of heart
Back of heart
Sacrum
Hip points
Knees
Ankles
Then stand up tall, please
Rising
Head reaching up - to a beautiful big sky
Feet growing down - soil + earth below
Soft front of throat
Soft back of heart
Dancing into a new shape,
A pose,
A moment for today.
To hear the audio recording of the poem, click here.
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Today's poem definitely reads more "instructional." The audio recording is a minute long to recite all lines.
I would suggest moving to the composition "Our Lady" by Michael Wall, Austin Booth, and Oliver Lewis. Listen to it here on soundformovement.com (first composition on the album).
Today I channel choreographers Molly Heller and Nina Haft, and Alexander Technique teachers Dawn Karlovsky and Shelley Senter. Thank you.
Personally:
-I first played with moving to the audio recording of the poem a few times.
-Then I put on "Our Lady" and riffed off of the poem for a short improvisation. Nothing set....just exploring.
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Thank you Jill. Happy to be in your heart, mind (and feet!) while you created today's gift to us all. I am sharing these poems with my students!
Posted by: Nina Haft | 03/18/2020 at 09:36 AM